Denial of Service Vulnerability in GIMP by Red Hat
CVE-2026-112259

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-112259?

A vulnerability exists in GIMP when importing a specially crafted SBZ palette lacking a color-model attribute. This flaw can trigger a NULL pointer dereference during string comparison, which may lead to a denial of service, causing the GIMP application to become unresponsive.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112259
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555595
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Red Hat would like to thank Alexey Khairov (codem4ster), Konstantin Talgarenko (Marcusov), and Nikolay Kravtsov (Kolya080808) for reporting this issue.
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