2.5

CVE-2026-96546: gimp Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 2.5v3.1LowAwaiting analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-96546DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96546
Published 23-09-2026Last modified 25-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-96546 is a low (CVSS 2.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gimp. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
10/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.5/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.11%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12082-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22025-1

Timeline

  1. 23-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

24-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.11%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

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