CVE-2026-40916

MEDIUM SEVERITY

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Base Score

5.0 / 10

Vector String

                                        CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H                                    

Vulnerability Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding path allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By opening a specially crafted TIM image file, the application crashes due to an unconditional overflow when writing to a variable-length array.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date

April 15, 2026

Last Modified

April 15, 2026

CWE ID

CWE-787

Source

NVD

Vendor

Red Hat

Product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

External References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40916
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458745

CVE-2026-40916

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