Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 29

Description

GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of HDR files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5gimp/gimp3.0.4
NVDgimp/gimp3.0.4
Debiangegl< 1:0.4.26-2+deb11u1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2025-10-29
OSV
CVE-2025-10921: GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2025-10-29
GHSA
GHSA-6pqm-mccv-6977: GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2025-10-29

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
gimp: GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2025-10-29
Debian
CVE-2025-10921: gegl - GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerabi...2025