CVE-2026-78465
highA flaw was found in the file-pcx plugin in GIMP, affecting 32-bit builds only.
Vendor / product: Gimp — gimp
A flaw was found in the file-pcx plugin in GIMP, affecting 32-bit builds only. When processing a PCX image file, the plugin calculates memory allocation sizes based on the image dimensions and the number of color planes. If a crafted file sets the number of planes to 4 alongside sufficiently large dimensions, the calculation exceeds the 32-bit integer limit and overflows, resulting in an undersized heap-based buffer allocation. This integer overflow issue results in a heap-based buffer overflow when the plugin subsequently writes image data into the undersized buffer, causing memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-78465 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2522057 secalert@redhat.com
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16578 secalert@redhat.com
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16578 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

