CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-2044
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-02-20
- Last modified
- 2026-07-15
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-908
Description
GIMP PGM File Parsing Uninitialized Memory Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PGM files. The issue results from the lack of proper initialization of memory prior to accessing it. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28158.
Affected configurations
• gimp gimp 3.0.6
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource weakness
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/2569/diffs?commit_id=112a5e038f0646eae5ae314988ec074433d2b365 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-118/ Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4173 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5113 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5388 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5389 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5390 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5391 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5434 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5435 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5436 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5437 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2044 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2441521 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-2044.json security.access.redhat.com