4.4

CVE-2026-96545: Gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds heap read in the 4bpp tim image loader

Awaiting analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-96545DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96545
Published 23-09-2026Last modified 23-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-96545 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gimp. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11890-1

Timeline

  1. 23-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's TIM image loader. When a user opens a crafted 4bpp TIM image that causes promotion to an RGBA layer, the file-tim plug-in allocates an undersized row buffer but processes it using the larger RGBA row size. This can copy adjacent heap contents into the decoded image and may crash the plug-in.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

24-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • gimpAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • gimpAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

6 links