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CVE-2025-48796 json

Gimp: stack-based buffer overflows in file-ico

published last yr. modified 5d ago also EUVD-2025-16289

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in GIMP. The GIMP ani_load_image() function is vulnerable to a stack-based overflow. If a user opens.ANI files, GIMP may be used to store more information than the capacity allows. This flaw allows a malicious ANI file to trigger arbitrary code execution.

Patch / fix

  • gimp.org gimp 2.99.16
  • gimp Debian 14, Debian 13 3.0.0~RC1-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-48796

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-48796 updated cvss 7.3

gimp: Stack-based buffer overflows in file-ico

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools, gimp-help-browser
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Currently no mitigation is available for this vulnerability.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 gimp, gimp-libs
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Currently no mitigation is available for this vulnerability.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gimp, pygtk2, gimp-libs, pygobject2, python2-cairo, pygtk2-codegen, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • gimp.org gimp
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

Sources

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