CVE-2025-14424
published 2025-12-23CVE-2025-14424: GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected…
PriorityP346high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.66%
50.9th percentile
GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | gimp | < gimp 3.2.0~RC2-1 (forky) | gimp 3.2.0~RC2-1 (forky) |
| gimp | gimp | — | — |
| gimp | gimp | >= 0 < 3.0.4-3+deb13u4 | 3.0.4-3+deb13u4 |
| gimp | gimp | >= 0 < 3.2.0~RC2-1 | 3.2.0~RC2-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-pjwq-73jv-fmgx: GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-12-24
CVE-2025-14424 [HIGH] CWE-416 GHSA-pjwq-73jv-fmgx: GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376.
OSV
CVE-2025-14424: GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
osv·2025-12-23·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2025-14424 [HIGH] CVE-2025-14424: GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376.
Red Hat
gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free
vendor_redhat·2025-12-23·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2025-14424 [HIGH] CWE-416 gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free
gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free
GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376.
A flaw was found in GIMP. This use-after-free vulnerability in the XCF file parsing component allows a remote attacker to e
Debian
CVE-2025-14424: gimp - GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This v...
vendor_debian·2025·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2025-14424 [HIGH] CVE-2025-14424: gimp - GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This v...
GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0~RC2-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.2.0~RC2-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.0.4-3+deb13u4)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Wiz
CVE-2025-14424 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
blogs_wiz·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2025-14424 [HIGH] CVE-2025-14424 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
## CVE-2025-14424 :
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376.
Source : NVD
## 7.8
Score
Published December 23, 2025
Severity HIGH
CNA Score 7.8
Affected Technologies
NixOS
Rocky L
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-112258 gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels [fedora-43]
bugzilla·2026-10-21·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2026-112258 [HIGH] CVE-2026-112258 gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels [fedora-43]
CVE-2026-112258 gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels [fedora-43]
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.
A flaw was found in the GIMP XCF loader. Marking a channel as linked (PROP_LINKED) stores a raw pointer in linked_channels. A later PROP_SELECTION on the same channel can destroy the object without removing that pointer. At end of load, gimp_item_list_named_new() dereferences the dangling pointer. The CVE-2025-14424 NULL guard does not stop a non-NULL dangling pointer, so this is an incomplete-fix bypass requiring a separate CVE. Reporters demonstrated r
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-112258 gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels [fedora-44]
bugzilla·2026-10-21·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2026-112258 [HIGH] CVE-2026-112258 gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels [fedora-44]
CVE-2026-112258 gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels [fedora-44]
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.
A flaw was found in the GIMP XCF loader. Marking a channel as linked (PROP_LINKED) stores a raw pointer in linked_channels. A later PROP_SELECTION on the same channel can destroy the object without removing that pointer. At end of load, gimp_item_list_named_new() dereferences the dangling pointer. The CVE-2025-14424 NULL guard does not stop a non-NULL dangling pointer, so this is an incomplete-fix bypass requiring a separate CVE. Reporters demonstrated r
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-112258 gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels
bugzilla·2026-10-19·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2026-112258 [HIGH] CVE-2026-112258 gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels
CVE-2026-112258 gimp: gimp: use-after-free in XCF loader via PROP_LINKED and PROP_SELECTION on channels
A flaw was found in the GIMP XCF loader. Marking a channel as linked (PROP_LINKED) stores a raw pointer in linked_channels. A later PROP_SELECTION on the same channel can destroy the object without removing that pointer. At end of load, gimp_item_list_named_new() dereferences the dangling pointer. The CVE-2025-14424 NULL guard does not stop a non-NULL dangling pointer, so this is an incomplete-fix bypass requiring a separate CVE. Reporters demonstrated reclaim of the freed block with attacker-controlled bytes.
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-14424 gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free
bugzilla·2025-12-23·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2025-14424 [HIGH] CVE-2025-14424 gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free
CVE-2025-14424 gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free
GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376.
Discussion:
This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Via RHSA
2025-12-23
Published