What is CVE-2026-40915?

CVE-2026-40915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gimp, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-40915?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Gimp

CVE-2026-40915

A flaw was found in GIMP. A remote attacker could exploit an integer overflow vulnerability in the FITS image loader by providing a specially crafted FITS file. This integer overflow leads to a zero-byte memory allocation, which is then su…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (6.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gimp
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
RHBZ#2458744 (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40915?: CVE-2026-40915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gimp, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-40915?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.