CVE-2026-112261 (GCVE-0-2026-112261)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-19 21:37 – Updated: 2026-10-20 20:58
VLAI
Title
Gimp: gimp: use-after-free in xcf loader via prop_selected_path
Summary
A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF that selects a path and then fails to load that path can cause a use-after-free in the main process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-20 15:16 UTC
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1036 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555748 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-10-12 00:00
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Alexey Khairov (codem4ster), Konstantin Talgarenko (Marcusov), and Nikolay Kravtsov (Kolya080808) for reporting this issue.
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