CVE-2026-2239

A flaw was found in GIMP. Heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the fread_pascal_string function when processing a specially crafted PSD (Photoshop Document) file. This occurs because the buffer allocated for a Pascal string is not properly null-terminated, leading to an out-of-bounds read when strlen() is subsequently called. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability can cause the application to crash, resulting in an application level Denial of Service.

CVSS v3 2.8 LOW

2.8^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2239	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2437675	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/15812	Exploit Issue Tracking

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:3.2.0:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2026-03-26 21:17

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:30

NVD link : CVE-2026-2239

Mitre link : CVE-2026-2239

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-2239

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

gimp

gimp

CWE

CWE-170

Improper Null Termination

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