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Workaround
Users should avoid opening untrusted PCX image files with GIMP. If GIMP is not required, consider removing the `gimp` package to eliminate this attack vector.
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:15:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in GIMP. This issue is a heap buffer over-read in GIMP’s 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). | 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). |
| Title | Gimp: gimp: memory disclosure and denial of service via specially crafted pcx image | Gimp: gimp:memory disclosure and denial of service via specially crafted pcx image |
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Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:30:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in GIMP. This issue is a heap buffer over-read in GIMP’s 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). | |
| Title | Gimp: gimp: memory disclosure and denial of service via specially crafted pcx image | |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-193 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-26T12:58:48.737Z
Reserved: 2026-03-26T11:33:19.455Z
Link: CVE-2026-4887
Updated: 2026-03-26T12:58:42.644Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-26T13:16:30.780
Modified: 2026-03-26T13:16:30.780
Link: CVE-2026-4887
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