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medium 5.5

CVE-2026-112259 json

Gimp: gimp: null pointer dereference in swatchbooker (sbz) palette import

published 2026-10-19 20 d ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-104572

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in GIMP. Importing a crafted SBZ palette without a color-model attribute can cause a NULL pointer dereference during string comparison, resulting in denial of service of the GIMP application.

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-2026-112259 updated cvss 5.5

gimp: gimp: NULL pointer dereference in SwatchBooker (SBZ) palette import

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 gimp, gimp-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 gimp
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Avoid importing untrusted SBZ palette files. If GIMP is unused, remove the gimp package.”
  • 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gimp, pygtk2, gimp-libs, pygobject2, python2-cairo, pygtk2-codegen, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
17 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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