Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14424

high Nessus Plugin ID 279661

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376. (CVE-2025-14424)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 279661

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_14424.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/24/2025

Updated: 12/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14424

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-pycairo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-codegen, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-cairo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-cairo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-cairo-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-cairo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygobject2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygobject2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pycairo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pygtk2-codegen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pygtk2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-devel-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14424

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