CVE-2026-66759

Gimp: out-of-bounds read in file-icns plugin causes information disclosure or crash on crafted icns images

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 27, 2026 at 07:12 PM UTC
Updated: August 24, 2026 at 06:17 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsEnterprise LinuxGIMPGIMP

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

A flaw was found in the file-icns plugin in GIMP. When applying a decompressed mask during ICNS image processing, the plugin reads from the mask data buffer without verifying if the cursor exceeds the allocated resource size. If a crafted file contains a truncated mask resource, the icns_decompress function continues reading past the bounds of the buffer. This out-of-bounds read vulnerability results in information disclosure of heap contents, where memory contents are leaked as alpha channel pixel values, or a crash leading to a denial of service if unmapped memory is accessed.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8 (unaffected)
v ≥ 2.99.142.99.14

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66759
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507557
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATIssue Tracking
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50817

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CVSS

7.1HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-125

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