CVE-2025-48798Gimp: multiple use after free in xcf parser
- 7.3HighCVSS base score
- 0.25%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 84% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A flaw was found in GIMP when processing XCF 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 use-after-free issues.
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)
- 0.25% · top 84% of all CVEs (14 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: No mitigation is currently available that meets Red Hat Product Security’s standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability.
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-2025-48798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2368557 (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-2025-16287 (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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