What is CVE-2026-40916?

CVE-2026-40916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-40916?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Gimp

CVE-2026-40916

A flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding path allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By opening a specially crafted TIM image file, the application crashes due…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (0.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
RHBZ#2458745 (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40916?: CVE-2026-40916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-40916?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.