Description
A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s DirectDraw Surface (DDS) loader. When loading a crafted DDS image, buffer sizes derived from width, height, and pitch can be computed using 32-bit arithmetic that overflows. The allocated buffer is too small for the amount of pixel data written through GEGL (CWE-787), following integer overflow in size calculations (CWE-190). This may allow heap corruption and, in the worst case, arbitrary code execution in the context of the GIMP process.
Published: 2026-10-06
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To mitigate this do not open DDS files from untrusted sources (CME-1311). Exploitation may be harder on hardened systems (Full RELRO/PIE, ASLR, FORTIFY_SOURCE, heap allocator protections) but the vulnerability remains.

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History

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s DirectDraw Surface (DDS) loader. When loading a crafted DDS image, buffer sizes derived from width, height, and pitch can be computed using 32-bit arithmetic that overflows. The allocated buffer is too small for the amount of pixel data written through GEGL (CWE-787), following integer overflow in size calculations (CWE-190). This may allow heap corruption and, in the worst case, arbitrary code execution in the context of the GIMP process.
Title Gimp: gimp: heap buffer overflow in dds loader on crafted directdraw surface file
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-119
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T20:02:52.466Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T14:26:58.730Z

Link: CVE-2026-106062

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