CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-112261

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF that selects a path and then fails to load that path can cause a use-after-free in the main process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

This can lead to an application crash or potentially arbitrary code execution in the context of the GIMP process. It poses a risk to users opening untrusted XCF files.

Recommendation

Update GIMP to the latest version containing the fix. Avoid opening untrusted XCF files.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF that selects a path and then fails to load that path can cause a use-after-free in the main process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS