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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Oct 7, 2026 02:36:51 UTC

CVE-2026-106061

A flaw was found in GIMP’s X cursor (XMC) thumbnail loader. When GIMP generates a thumbnail for a crafted XMC file, it allocates a pixel buffer using a width * height size computed in 32-bit signed arithmetic. If that product overflows, the allocation is smaller than the true image extent. A subsequent GEGL buffer read uses the unwrapped dimensions and performs an out-of-bounds read on the heap, after integer overflow in the size calculation. This can crash GIMP or corrupt process memory.

Base score5.5/ 10
SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityMedium
Attack vectorLocalAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionRequiredUI
ScopeUnchangedS
Confidentiality impactNoneC
Integrity impactNoneI
Availability impactHighA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat
Last updatedNov 5, 2026 15:53:51 UTC
PublishedOct 7, 2026 02:36:51 UTC
ReservedOct 6, 2026 14:26:51 UTC

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Jim Alves-Foss for reporting this issue.