๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-6384

HIGH 7.3

Gimp: gimp: arbitrary code execution or denial of service via buffer overflow in gif image processing

CVSS Score
7.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A flaw was found in gimp. This buffer overflow vulnerability in the GIF image loading component's `ReadJeffsImage` function allows an attacker to write beyond an allocated buffer by processing a specially crafted GIF file. This can lead to a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution.

CWE CWE-120
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 6
Published Apr 15, 2026
Last Updated Apr 16, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6384 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458749

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank chamalsl for reporting this issue.