What is CVE-2026-40917?

CVE-2026-40917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-40917?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Gimp

CVE-2026-40917

A flaw was found in GIMP. This vulnerability, a heap buffer over-read in the `icns_slurp()` function, occurs when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. An attacker could provide a malicious ICNS file, potentially leading to applic…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (1.9th 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-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
RHBZ#2458746 (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40917?: CVE-2026-40917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-40917?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.