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CVE-2025-48796: Gimp: stack-based buffer overflows in file-ico

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-05-27 · updated 2026-06-30
• Weakness: CWE-121

Description

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48796
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368559
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/9257

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