CVE-2026-6384

April 15, 2026, 8:16 p.m.

7.3
High

Description

A flaw was found in gimp. This buffer overflow vulnerability in the GIF image loading component's `ReadJeffsImage` function allows an attacker to write beyond an allocated buffer by processing a specially crafted GIF file. This can lead to a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Gimp
  • Gimp
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a gimp gimp / / / / / / / /

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6384
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458749

Tags

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CWE-120
2026-04-15
CVE-2026-6384

CVSS Score

7.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: April 15, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
Last Modified: April 15, 2026, 8:16 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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