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CVE-2016-4994 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv…

published 2016-07-12 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5959

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file.

Patch / fix

  • gimp gimp 2.8.18
  • gimp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.16-2.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4994

  • gimp Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1
  • gimp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4994

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gimp RHEL 7 2:2.8.16-3.el7
  • gimp-help RHEL 7 2.8.2-1.el7
  • gimp-libs RHEL 7 2:2.8.16-3.el7
  • gimp-help-ca RHEL 7 2.8.2-1.el7
  • gimp-help-da RHEL 7 2.8.2-1.el7
  • gimp-help-de RHEL 7 2.8.2-1.el7
  • gimp-help-el RHEL 7 2.8.2-1.el7
  • gimp-help-es RHEL 7 2.8.2-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:2589

  • gimp SLED 12 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP1, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 2.8.10-7.8
  • gimp SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 2.6.2-3.34.47.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1962-1SUSE-SU-2016:1827-1

  • gimp openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.8.18-1.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10294-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-4994 updated cvss 2.5

gimp: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the channel and layer properties parsing process

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gimp Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools, gimp-help-browser
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) gimp 2.8.16-3.el7, gimp-help 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-libs 2.8.16-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) gimp-help-ca 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-da 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-de 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-el 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-es 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-fr 2.8.2-1.el7, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) gimp 2.8.16-3.el7, gimp-help 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-libs 2.8.16-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) gimp 2.8.16-3.el7, gimp-libs 2.8.16-3.el7, gimp-help-ca 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-da 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-de 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-el 2.8.2-1.el7, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) gimp 2.8.16-3.el7, gimp-help 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-libs 2.8.16-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) gimp-help-ca 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-da 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-de 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-el 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-es 2.8.2-1.el7, gimp-help-fr 2.8.2-1.el7, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2589

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Exploit prediction

3.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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