---
id: CVE-2026-62438
title: 'Gimp: gimp: paa integer overflow out-of-bounds read'
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in GIMP. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or
  potentially disclose sensitive memory contents by convincing a user to open or
  preview a specially crafted Bohemia Interactive (PAA) texture file. Due to an
  int…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-190
vendor: Red Hat
product: gimp
affected:
  - gimp (all versions)
  - gimp
  - gimp (all versions)
  - 'gimp:2.8/gimp (all versions)'
  - gimp (all versions)
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-19T15:35:19.040726Z'
published: '2026-10-16'
updated: '2026-10-19'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-19T16:40:42.906Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62438'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-62438'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2554456'
    label: RHBZ#2554456
  - url: 'https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/16313'
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-62438.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62438'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62438'
tags:
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00117
epssPercentile: 0.01691
ingestedAt: '2026-10-16T22:54:45.857Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in GIMP. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or potentially disclose sensitive memory contents by convincing a user to open or preview a specially crafted Bohemia Interactive (PAA) texture file. Due to an integer overflow when calculating image dimensions during file decompression, the application allocates an undersized memory buffer. Subsequent processing reads memory past the buffer boundary, terminating the plug-in process unexpectedly.

## Affected

- `gimp (all versions)`
- `gimp`
- `gimp (all versions)`
- `gimp:2.8/gimp (all versions)`
- `gimp (all versions)`

## Remediation

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

## Vendor advisories

- **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 2026-10-16 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-62438.json)