A one-byte out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's uncompressed DDS image loader. When a user opens an uncompressed DDS image, the file-dds plug-in performs an unconditional one-byte look-ahead after processing the final pixel. This may cause the plug-in to crash if the byte immediately following the pixel buffer is inaccessible; no information disclosure or code execution has been demonstrated.
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Workaround

Avoid importing uncompressed DDS images from untrusted sources. No application-level mitigation that preserves processing of untrusted DDS files is known.

History

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Description A one-byte out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's uncompressed DDS image loader. When a user opens an uncompressed DDS image, the file-dds plug-in performs an unconditional one-byte look-ahead after processing the final pixel. This may cause the plug-in to crash if the byte immediately following the pixel buffer is inaccessible; no information disclosure or code execution has been demonstrated.
Title Gimp: gimp: one-byte out-of-bounds heap read in the uncompressed dds loader
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T18:29:08.538Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T12:35:08.176Z

Link: CVE-2026-96546

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T19:19:54.373

Modified: 2026-09-23T19:19:54.373

Link: CVE-2026-96546

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T19:45:08Z

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