What is CVE-2026-2272?

CVE-2026-2272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2026-2272?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

CVE-2026-2272

A flaw was found in GIMP. An integer overflow vulnerability exists when processing ICO image files, specifically in the `ico_read_info` and `ico_read_icon` functions. This issue arises because a size calculation for image buffers can wrap…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (10.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2272 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)
RHBZ#2438428 (issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/15617

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-2272?: CVE-2026-2272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2026-2272?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.