Gimp: integer overflow in file-fits plugin causes a heap-based buffer overflow on crafted fits images
Products / packages GNOME GIMP · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · 5 more
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSeverity
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What this means
GIMP's file-fits plugin has an integer overflow weakness, potentially causing a heap-based buffer overflow when processing crafted FITS images. The vulnerability may lead to memory corruption. Affected versions are not specified.
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GNOME · redhat
GIMP
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GIMP
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Red Hat · redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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unaffected
8100020260824165450.4c9c024f → before *
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Product identifiers (CPE)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamRed Hat · redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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unaffected
2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9 → before *
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cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamRed Hat · redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
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unaffected
2:2.99.8-4.el9_2.7 → before *
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Product identifiers (CPE)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstreamRed Hat · redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
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unaffected
2:2.99.8-4.el9_4.19 → before *
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cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstreamRed Hat · redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support
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unaffected
2:2.99.8-4.el9_6.20 → before *
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cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstreamRed Hat · redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6Red Hat · redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7What to do
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To mitigate this vulnerability, do not open FITS files from untrusted sources with GIMP.
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Original source description
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A flaw was found in the file-fits plugin in GIMP. When processing a FITS image file, the plugin calculates memory allocation sizes using signed 32-bit integers for width and height. If a crafted file sets both values to large values, their product exceeds 2^31 and overflows, resulting in an undersized heap-based buffer allocation. This integer overflow issue results in a heap-based buffer overflow when cfitsio subsequently writes a full row of pixels in the buffer, causing memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.
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CVE-2026-66758View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
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Observed 2026-11-05T01:48:58.731Z · upstream updated 2026-11-04T23:01:02.540Z
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before
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