CVE-2026-40916Medium· 5.0▾ SunlitA flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding path allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By opening a specially crafted TIM image file, the application crashes d…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 27.5 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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A flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding path allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By opening a specially crafted TIM image file, the application crashes due to an unconditional overflow when writing to a variable-length array.
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To mitigate this issue, users should avoid opening untrusted TIM image files with GIMP. As a general security practice, users should exercise caution when handling files from unknown or suspicious sources.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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