CVE-2026-4887 (GCVE-0-2026-4887)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-26 12:08 – Updated: 2026-05-20 02:44
VLAI?
Title
Gimp: gimp:memory disclosure and denial of service via specially crafted pcx image
Summary
A flaw was found in GIMP. This issue is a heap buffer over-read in GIMP PCX file loader due to an off-by-one error. A remote attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to open a specially crafted PCX image. Successful exploitation could lead to out-of-bounds memory disclosure and a possible application crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 8100020260512115927.4c9c024f , < * (rpm)
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 2:3.0.4-1.el9_7.5 , < * (rpm)
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.4 , < * (rpm)
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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Date Public ?
2026-03-26 11:35
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Meshaal (@unrealmesh) for reporting this issue.
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