High
Security advisory
Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-4994
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file.
osv:CVE-2016-4994
Complete source record
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