CVE-2026-40916
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.00%
Description
A flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding path allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By opening a specially crafted TIM image file, the application crashes due to an unconditional overflow when writing to a variable-length array.
How to fix CVE-2026-40916
To remediate CVE-2026-40916, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gimp—upgrade to 3.2.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2026-40916 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.2.2-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |