CVE-2026-40918

Published: Apr 15, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. Processing a specially crafted PVR image file with large dimensions can lead to a denial of service (DoS). This occurs due to a stack-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read in the PVR image loader, causing the application to crash. Systems that process untrusted PVR image files are affected.

Affected (5)

Products: Gimp: Gimp · Redhat: Enterprise Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gimp Gimp	All versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 8.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 9.0

Related CWEs

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

The product does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.

References (2)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40918

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458747

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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