What is CVE-2026-96545?

CVE-2026-96545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-96545?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-96545

An out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's TIM image loader. When a user opens a crafted 4bpp TIM image that causes promotion to an RGBA layer, the file-tim plug-in allocates an undersized row buffer but processes it using the larger RGBA row size. This can copy adjacent heap contents into the decoded image and may crash the plug-in.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-09-23 · last modified 2026-09-23.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96545 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16791

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-96545?: CVE-2026-96545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-96545?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.