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GIMP < 3.0.4 RCE (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238428

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macoOS host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of GIMP installed on the remote host is prior to 3.0.4. It is, therefore, is affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of ICO files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before writing to memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (CVE-2025-5473)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GIMP version 3.0.4, or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?25df94d1

http://www.nessus.org/u?d5afa003

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238428

File Name: gimp_3_0_4.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 6/13/2025

Updated: 6/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5473

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gimp:gimp

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Gimp

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5473

IAVB: 2025-B-0092