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CVE-2026-78465

high

A flaw was found in the file-pcx plugin in GIMP, affecting 32-bit builds only.

Vendor / product: Gimp — gimp

A flaw was found in the file-pcx plugin in GIMP, affecting 32-bit builds only. When processing a PCX image file, the plugin calculates memory allocation sizes based on the image dimensions and the number of color planes. If a crafted file sets the number of planes to 4 alongside sufficiently large dimensions, the calculation exceeds the 32-bit integer limit and overflows, resulting in an undersized heap-based buffer allocation. This integer overflow issue results in a heap-based buffer overflow when the plugin subsequently writes image data into the undersized buffer, causing memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

CVSS
7.0
7.0 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-08-24 17:18
Modified: 2026-11-05 00:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 hour ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-05 00:39 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 ≥3.0.0 ≤3.2.4, 3.3.1

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-2026-78465
Vendor advisory: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2522057
Vendor advisory: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16578
Vendor advisory: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16578
Patch / mitigation: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16578
Patch / mitigation: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16578

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-05 00:39 UTC · record ↗

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