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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : GIMP vulnerabilities (USN-8082-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 301846

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8082-1 advisory.

 Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain malformed ICO files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-5473)

 Seungho Kim discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain memory operations when running the despeckle plugin. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2025-6035)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8082-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 301846

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8082-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/11/2026

Updated: 3/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5473

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgimp2.0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgimp2.0t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gimp-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgimp2.0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5473, CVE-2025-6035

IAVB: 2025-B-0092-S

USN: 8082-1