CVE-2026-4887

medium

Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. This issue is a heap buffer over-read in GIMP PCX file loader due to an off-by-one error. A remote attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to open a specially crafted PCX image. Successful exploitation could lead to out-of-bounds memory disclosure and a possible application crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/15960

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451669

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4887

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-26

Updated: 2026-03-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium