CVE-2025-59820

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

In KDE Krita before 5.2.13, loading a manipulated TGA file could result in a heap-based buffer overflow in plugins/impex/tga/kis_tga_import.cpp (aka KisTgaImport). Control flow proceeds even when a number of pixels becomes negative.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2025-59820 NameCVE-2025-59820 DescriptionIn KDE Krita before 5.2.13, loading a manipulated TGA file could result in a heap-based buffer overflow in plugins/impex/tga/kis_tga_import.cpp (aka KisTgaImport). Control flow proceeds even when a number of pixels becomes negative. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub…

CVE-2025-59820

Name	CVE-2025-59820
Description	In KDE Krita before 5.2.13, loading a manipulated TGA file could result in a heap-based buffer overflow in plugins/impex/tga/kis_tga_import.cpp (aka KisTgaImport). Control flow proceeds even when a number of pixels becomes negative.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4395-1, DSA-6065-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
krita (PTS)	bullseye	1:4.4.2+dfsg-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	1:4.4.2+dfsg-1+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	1:5.1.5+dfsg-2+deb12u1	fixed
	trixie (security), trixie	1:5.2.9+dfsg-1+deb13u1	fixed
	forky	1:5.3.2+dfsg-1	fixed
	sid	1:5.3.2.1+dfsg-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
krita	source	bullseye	1:4.4.2+dfsg-1+deb11u1	DLA-4395-1
krita	source	bookworm	1:5.1.5+dfsg-2+deb12u1	DSA-6065-1
krita	source	trixie	1:5.2.9+dfsg-1+deb13u1	DSA-6065-1
krita	source	(unstable)	1:5.2.13+dfsg-1

Notes

https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20250929-1.txt
Fixed by: https://commits.kde.org/krita/6d3651ac4df88efb68e013d21061de9846e83fe8 (v5.2.13)

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Notes

https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20250929-1.txtFixed by: https://commits.kde.org/krita/6d3651ac4df88efb68e013d21061de9846e83fe8 (v5.2.13)

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1:5.2.9+dfsg-1+deb13u1`
sid	Fixed	`1:5.2.13+dfsg-1`
forky	Fixed	`1:5.2.13+dfsg-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1:4.4.2+dfsg-1+deb11u1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1:5.1.5+dfsg-2+deb12u1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-59820

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.