CVE-2025-48797: gimp Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-48797 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in gimp. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 27-05-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 27-07-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in GIMP when processing certain TGA image files. If a user opens one of these image files that has been specially crafted by an attacker, GIMP can be tricked into making serious memory errors, potentially leading to crashes and causing a heap buffer overflow.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().