gimp — security advisory

{
  "id": "451b6a1c372964a27da42fd55704b82905f703b62505e7e174ccd3d02ec6fa15",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40916",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40916",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40916",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gimp",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.2.2-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.0.4-3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.0.4-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.0.4-5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.0.4-6",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.0.4-6.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.0.4-6.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.0.6-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.2.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.2.0~RC2-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.2.0~RC2-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.2.0~RC2-3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.2.0~RC2-3.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.2.0~RC2-3.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.2.0~RC2-3.3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.2.0~RC3-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40916",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40916"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3.2.2-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gimp",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gimp?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "versions": [
            "3.0.4-3",
            "3.0.4-4",
            "3.0.4-5",
            "3.0.4-6",
            "3.0.4-6.1",
            "3.0.4-6.2",
            "3.0.6-1",
            "3.2.0-1",
            "3.2.0~RC2-1",
            "3.2.0~RC2-2",
            "3.2.0~RC2-3",
            "3.2.0~RC2-3.1",
            "3.2.0~RC2-3.2",
            "3.2.0~RC2-3.3",
            "3.2.0~RC3-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40916.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-27T09:47:40.871778446Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-40916"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40916"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-40916",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 461177,
  "published_at": "2026-04-15T20:16:36.9+00:00"
}