CVE-2025-48796
highA flaw was found in GIMP.
A flaw was found in GIMP. The GIMP ani_load_image() function is vulnerable to a stack-based overflow. If a user opens.ANI files, GIMP may be used to store more information than the capacity allows. This flaw allows a malicious ANI file to trigger arbitrary code execution.
CVSS
7.3
7.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2025-05-27 14:15
Modified: 2026-11-04 22:17
NVD status: Deferred
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 22:37 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48796 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368559 secalert@redhat.com
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/9257 secalert@redhat.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 22:37 UTC · record ↗