CVE-2026-96546
lowA one-byte out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's uncompressed DDS image loader.
A one-byte out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's uncompressed DDS image loader. When a user opens an uncompressed DDS image, the file-dds plug-in performs an unconditional one-byte look-ahead after processing the final pixel. This may cause the plug-in to crash if the byte immediately following the pixel buffer is inaccessible; no information disclosure or code execution has been demonstrated.
CVSS
2.5
2.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-23 19:19
Modified: 2026-09-25 18:17
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96546 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539601 secalert@redhat.com
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16802 secalert@redhat.com
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16802 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC · record ↗