CVE-2026-66758
highA flaw was found in the file-fits plugin in GIMP.
Vendor / product: Gimp — gimp
A flaw was found in the file-fits plugin in GIMP. When processing a FITS image file, the plugin calculates memory allocation sizes using signed 32-bit integers for width and height. If a crafted file sets both values to large values, their product exceeds 2^31 and overflows, resulting in an undersized heap-based buffer allocation. This integer overflow issue results in a heap-based buffer overflow when cfitsio subsequently writes a full row of pixels in the buffer, causing memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-07-27 19:17
Modified: 2026-11-04 23:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 39 minutes ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 23:38 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
gimp / gimp 3.0.8, 3.2.4
redhat / enterprise_linux 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66758
Vendor advisory: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507475
Vendor advisory: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/16528
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50817 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62507 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73768 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80509 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93589 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66758 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507475 secalert@redhat.com
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/16528 secalert@redhat.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 23:38 UTC · record ↗

