CVE-2025-48797Gimp: multiple heap buffer overflows in tga parser
- 7.3HighCVSS base score
- 0.28%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 79% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A flaw was found in GIMP when processing certain TGA image files. If a user opens one of these image files that has been specially crafted by an attacker, GIMP can be tricked into making serious memory errors, potentially leading to crashes and causing a heap buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Affected products
gimp
- affected < 3.0.0
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
- unaffected 2:2.8.22-1.el7_9.2 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 8100020250614205641.4c9c024f – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
- unaffected 8020020250618101631.c3a0935b – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- unaffected 8040020250618100956.70584597 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- unaffected 8060020250618100419.6af1eaf0 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
- unaffected 8060020250618100419.6af1eaf0 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 8060020250618100419.6af1eaf0 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
- unaffected 8080020250623120629.0621e4ee – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 8080020250623120629.0621e4ee – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 2:2.99.8-4.el9_6.2 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 2:2.99.8-3.el9_0.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 2:2.99.8-4.el9_2.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 2:2.99.8-4.el9_4.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
What to do
Workaround: Currently no mitigation is available for this vulnerability.
References
References14
- RHSA-2025:9162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:9165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:9308 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:9309 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:9310 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:9314 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:9315 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:9316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:9501 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:9569 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48797 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2368558 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11822 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00022.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-16288 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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