CVE-2026-6384
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
A flaw was found in gimp. This buffer overflow vulnerability in the GIF image loading component's `ReadJeffsImage` function allows an attacker to write beyond an allocated buffer by processing a specially crafted GIF file. This can lead to a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.2.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.2.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gimp | gimp | - | |
References
CWEs
CWE-120
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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