Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp security update
Description
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in GIMP's PNM file format parser due to an off-by-one error in the pnmscanner_gettoken() function. This flaw can cause memory corruption when processing specially crafted PNM files, potentially leading to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. Red Hat has issued a security update addressing this issue in GIMP for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability (CVE-2026-58380) arises from an off-by-one error in the loop boundary check within the pnmscanner_gettoken() function of GIMP's PNM file parser. This causes a null terminator to be written one byte beyond a stack-allocated buffer, resulting in a stack buffer overflow. This memory corruption flaw can be exploited to cause denial of service or arbitrary code execution. Red Hat has released a security update for GIMP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to fix this issue.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to memory corruption, which may result in denial of service or arbitrary code execution on affected systems running vulnerable versions of GIMP. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update that fixes this vulnerability in GIMP for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:40751
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-58384"]
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a58ff2168715ace43492c8d
Added to database: 07/16/2026, 15:56:17 UTC
Last enriched: 09/12/2026, 12:47:49 UTC
Last updated: 10/12/2026, 18:48:21 UTC
Views: 128
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