CVE-2016-4994

gimp: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the channel and layer properties parsing process

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

2.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 20, 2016

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities were found in GIMP in the channel and layer properties parsing process when loading XCF files. An attacker could create a specially crafted XCF file which could cause GIMP to crash.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 2.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-416 · Use After Free