CVE-2026-40918

Medium

Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. Processing a specially crafted PVR image file with large dimensions can lead to a denial of service (DoS). This occurs due to a stack-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read in the PVR image loader, causing the application to crash. Systems that process untrusted PVR image files are affected.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Gimp

PublishedApr 15, 2026

First seenApr 15, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-131CWE-131

How to fix

Vendor advisories

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40918
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458747

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
gimp gimp	No range specified	—
redhat enterprise_linux	6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0	—

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