๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-90949

HIGH 7.8

Gimp: gimp: heap-based buffer overflow in psp loader due to selection-channel geometry mismatch

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A flaw was found in GIMP's PSP (Paint Shop Pro) file loader. When processing a compressed selection channel, a heap-based buffer overflow can occur due to a mismatch between the allocated buffer size and the amount of data decompressed. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious PSP file. Opening this file in GIMP could lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution.

CWE CWE-787
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 6
Published Sep 14, 2026
Last Updated Sep 14, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
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-2026-90949 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533013 gitlab.gnome.org: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16753

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank hoyong jin for reporting this issue.