CVE-2026-97185

Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted GIMPressionist preset file, the plug-in does not properly validate vector indices before writing into fixed-size arrays. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to load a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): redhat
CVSS severity: HIGH
CVSS score: 7.8 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Effective score: 7.8 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-787
Reserved: 2026-09-24
Published: 2026-09-24 08:30 UTC
Last updated: 2026-09-24 12:38 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97185.json
Linked Threat: CVE-2026-97185 — Gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds write in gimpressionist plugin via crafted preset file

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EPSS score: 0.0013 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile: 2.31% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-09-24

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EUVD ID: EUVD-2026-85817
Assigner: redhat
Published: Sep 24, 2026, 8:30:29 AM
Updated: Sep 24, 2026, 12:38:52 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1): 7.8 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EUVD-reported EPSS: 0.1300
Aliases: GHSA-wp8m-4297-94hv

ENISA description: A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted GIMPressionist preset file, the plug-in does not properly validate vector indices before writing into fixed-size arrays. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to load a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.

EUVD references (3)

Affected products (5)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	—	—

Vendor references (3)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97185 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2539980 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16788

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-97185.json.

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