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Opening a crafted file needs no privileges (PR:N over the vendor's PR:L) but requires local file-open interaction (AV:L/UI:R); a heap overflow to code execution yields full C:H/I:H/A:H.
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CVSS VectorVendor: redhat
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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A flaw was found in GIMP's Paint Shop Pro (PSP) file format parser. This heap buffer overflow vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause arbitrary code execution or a denial of service (DoS) by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PSP image file. The vulnerability occurs because the software incorrectly calculates buffer sizes when processing low bit-depth images, leading to an overwrite of adjacent memory.
AnalysisAI
Heap-based buffer overflow in GIMP's Paint Shop Pro (PSP) image format parser lets an attacker achieve arbitrary code execution or crash the application when a victim opens a maliciously crafted PSP file. The flaw stems from incorrect buffer-size arithmetic on low bit-depth images, and affects GIMP as shipped across Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through 9. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires the victim to open a specially crafted Paint Shop Pro (PSP/PSPImage) file in GIMP; the overflow is only reached through the PSP import code path processing a low bit-depth image, so files of other formats or higher bit-depths do not trigger it. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The signals point to a real but not urgent client-side risk. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker crafts a PSP image file with malformed low bit-depth header fields and delivers it to a victim via email, chat, or a download link, counting on the user to open it in GIMP. When GIMP's PSP loader parses the file, the miscalculated allocation is overflowed, corrupting adjacent heap memory to either crash GIMP (DoS) or, with a reliable heap layout, execute code in the user's context. … |
| Remediation | Apply the vendor GIMP package update once released for your RHEL version; the upstream code fix is available as GNOME GIMP commit https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/commit/b630f167, so this is best described as an upstream fix available (commit); a released patched RHEL package version is not independently confirmed in the provided data, so monitor https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58379 for the errata and exact fixed NEVRA. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours: Audit all GIMP installations on RHEL 6-9 systems and communicate to users that PSP files from external or untrusted sources should not be opened. …
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EUVD-2026-41560
GHSA-rx3j-28q8-xw3m