CVE-2026-108093
GIMP: gimp: Denial of service via NULL pointer dereference in XCF simulation parasite loading
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 6, 2026
Updated · October 10, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in GIMP. The XCF loader processes image-simulation-intent and image-simulation-bpc parasites without ensuring the parasite data is present before dereferencing it. Opening a specially crafted XCF file with a zero-size simulation parasite can cause a NULL pointer dereference and crash the GIMP application.
Statement
This flaw has a Moderate impact. Exploitation requires a user to open a crafted XCF file and results only in a denial of service through an application crash. There is no known confidentiality or integrity impact.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
Do not open untrusted XCF files with GIMP.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference