CVE 5 MEDIUM

Gimp: gimp: application crashes or information disclosure via crafted icns image files_CVE-2026-40917

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MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. This vulnerability, a heap buffer over-read in the `icns_slurp()` function, occurs when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. An attacker could provide a malicious ICNS file, potentially leading to application crashes or information disclosure on systems that process such files.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-40917
Source redhat
Published Apr 15, 2026 at 18:59

Affected Product

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

CWE Classification

References

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