A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted GIMPressionist preset file, the plug-in does not properly validate vector indices before writing into fixed-size arrays. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to load a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.
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Workaround

Do not load GIMPressionist preset files from untrusted sources.

History

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted GIMPressionist preset file, the plug-in does not properly validate vector indices before writing into fixed-size arrays. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to load a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.
Title Gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds write in gimpressionist plugin via crafted preset file
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-787
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': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-24T08:30:29.489Z

Reserved: 2026-09-24T08:09:01.599Z

Link: CVE-2026-97185

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T09:17:08.937

Modified: 2026-09-24T09:17:08.937

Link: CVE-2026-97185

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-24T09:30:20Z

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