| Release Date: | 2025-05-27 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
A flaw was found in GIMP when processing certain TGA image files. If a user opens one of these image files that has been specially crafted by an attacker, GIMP can be tricked into making serious memory errors, potentially leading to crashes and causing a heap buffer overflow.
See more information about CVE-2025-48797 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 7.3 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | Required |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (gimp) | ELSA-2025-9501 | 2025-07-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (gimp) | ELSA-2025-9165 | 2025-06-17 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (pygobject2) | ELSA-2025-9165 | 2025-06-17 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (pygtk2) | ELSA-2025-9165 | 2025-06-17 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (python2-pycairo) | ELSA-2025-9165 | 2025-06-17 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (gimp) | ELSA-2025-9162 | 2025-06-17 |
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