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medium 5.5

CVE-2022-32990 json

An issue in gimp_layer_invalidate_boundary of GNOME GIMP 2.10.30 allows attackers to trigger an unhandled exception via a crafted XCF file,…

published 2022-06-24 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-36056

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue in gimp_layer_invalidate_boundary of GNOME GIMP 2.10.30 allows attackers to trigger an unhandled exception via a crafted XCF file, causing a Denial of Service (DoS).

Patch / fix

  • gimp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.10.32-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32990

  • gimp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1
  • gimp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-32990

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gimp RHEL 9 2:2.99.8-3.el9
  • gimp-libs RHEL 9 2:2.99.8-3.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:7978

  • gimp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.10.12-150300.9.6.1
  • gimp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 2.10.30-150400.3.6.2
  • gimp SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.8.18-9.24.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3107-1SUSE-SU-2022:3106-1SUSE-SU-2022:2867-1

  • gimp openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.10.38-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14534-1

  • gimp AlmaLinux 9 2:2.99.8-3.el9
  • gimp-libs AlmaLinux 9 2:2.99.8-3.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:7978

  • gimp Rocky Linux 9 2:2.99.8-3.el9

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:7978

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-32990 updated cvss 5.5

gimp: unhandled exception via a crafted XCF file may lead to DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools, gimp-help-browser Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Do not load untrusted XCF files.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gimp, pygtk2, gimp-libs, pygobject2, python2-cairo, pygtk2-codegen, +3 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Do not load untrusted XCF files.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) gimp 2.99.8-3.el9, gimp-libs 2.99.8-3.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not load untrusted XCF files.” RHSA-2022:7978

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/8230 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

Sources

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