CVE-2026-78475

A flaw was found in the file-pix (ESM) plugin in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted PIX image file, the plugin allocates a Variable-Length Array (VLA) on the stack without proper bounds checking, causing an unbounded stack allocation followed by a 21-byte stack over-read. This can result in a denial of service due to stack exhaustion and a limited information disclosure of stack memory contents into an intermediate file.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-78475	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2522072	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16580	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory Mitigation

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-24 18:17

Updated : 2026-09-01 14:12

NVD link : CVE-2026-78475

Mitre link : CVE-2026-78475

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-78475

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

gimp

gimp

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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