CVE-2026-40917: Gimp: gimp: application crashes or information disclosure via crafted icns image files

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 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: 2026-04-15 · updated 2026-10-26
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. This vulnerability, a heap buffer over-read in the `icns_slurp()` function, occurs when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. An attacker could provide a malicious ICNS file, potentially leading to application crashes or information disclosure on systems that process such files.

Affected products

GIMP: all versions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40917
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458746

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