RHSA-2022:7978 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp security and enhancement update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 15, 2022
Updated · June 27, 2026
Topic
An update for gimp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program. GIMP provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and anti-aliasing, and conversions, all with multi-level undo.
Security Fix(es):
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gimp: buffer overflow through a crafted XCF file (CVE-2022-30067)
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gimp: unhandled exception via a crafted XCF file may lead to DoS (CVE-2022-32990)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.