---
id: CVE-2026-106063
title: A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s DICOM export plug-in
summary: >-
  A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s DICOM export plug-in. When
  exporting an image with extremely large width and height, the export path
  allocates a buffer using a 32-bit width * height (and bytes-per-pixel) product
  that can…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-119
vendor: Red Hat
product: gimp
affected:
  - gimp (all versions)
  - gimp
  - gimp
  - 'gimp:2.8/gimp (all versions)'
  - gimp (all versions)
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T08:16:34.063'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106063'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-106063'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2546668'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-106063.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-106063'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106063'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-07T19:33:22.083891Z'
epss: 0.00119
epssPercentile: 0.01749
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T20:16:42.490Z'
---

## Overview

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s DICOM export plug-in. When exporting an image with extremely large width and height, the export path allocates a buffer using a 32-bit width * height (and bytes-per-pixel) product that can overflow. GEGL then writes the full uncompressed extent into the undersized buffer, after integer overflow in the allocation size

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · 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 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, … · updated 2026-10-06 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-106063.json)