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Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. The GIMP ani_load_image() function is vulnerable to a stack-based overflow. If a user opens.ANI files, GIMP may be used to store more information than the capacity allows. This flaw allows a malicious ANI file to trigger arbitrary code execution.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-05-26 | Published 2025-05-27 | Updated 2025-11-20 | Assigner redhat




HIGH: 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 2.99.16
affected

Default status
unknown

Default status
unaffected

Default status
unaffected

Default status
affected

Timeline

2025-05-26:Reported to Red Hat.
2025-05-26:Made public.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48796 vdb-entry

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368559 (RHBZ#2368559) issue-tracking

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/9257

cve.org (CVE-2025-48796)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-48796)

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