{"id":"CVE-2026-96546","title":"A one-byte out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's uncompressed DDS image loader","summary":"A one-byte out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's uncompressed DDS image loader. When a user opens an uncompressed DDS image, the file-dds plug-in performs an unconditional one-byte look-ahead after processing the final pixel. …","severity":"low","cvss":2.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"gimp","affected":["gimp (all versions)","gimp","gimp (all versions)","gimp:2.8/gimp (all versions)","gimp (all versions)"],"published":"2026-09-23","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T18:17:34.120","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96546","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96546","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539601","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16802","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16802","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96546.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96546"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96546"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00176,"epssPercentile":0.07072,"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-25T17:55:56.846466Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T19:31:04.477Z","slug":"CVE-2026-96546","body":"## Overview\n\nA one-byte out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's uncompressed DDS image loader. When a user opens an uncompressed DDS image, the file-dds plug-in performs an unconditional one-byte look-ahead after processing the final pixel. This may cause the plug-in to crash if the byte immediately following the pixel buffer is inaccessible; no information disclosure or code execution has been demonstrated.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, … · updated 2026-09-23 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96546.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":26,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":13.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":211125,"id":"CVE-2026-96546","ts":1790360113758,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}