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GNOME GIMP — Gimp: integer overflow in file-fits plugin causes a heap-based buffer overflow on crafted fits images
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L N R U H H H 7.8 .0025 16.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
GIMP unspecified —
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 unspecified 2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 unspecified —
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 unspecified —
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 unspecified —
TIMELINE
Jul 27 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-66758 (GNOME GIMP). Public exploit reference added.
Jul 27 Reserved by redhat
Jul 27 Published (CNA: redhat)
Aug 7 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-66758 (GNOME GIMP). Public exploit reference added.
Description
A flaw was found in the file-fits plugin in GIMP. When processing a FITS image file, the plugin calculates memory allocation sizes using signed 32-bit integers for width and height. If a crafted file sets both values to large values, their product exceeds 2^31 and overflows, resulting in an undersized heap-based buffer allocation. This integer overflow issue results in a heap-based buffer overflow when cfitsio subsequently writes a full row of pixels in the buffer, causing memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| July 27, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-66758 (GNOME GIMP). Public exploit reference added. |
| July 27, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by redhat |
| July 27, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: redhat) |
| August 7, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-66758 (GNOME GIMP). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 5 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| GNOME | GIMP | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — | 2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — | — |
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