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.
CVE-2025-48797
Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-05-27. the CNA's CVSS baseline 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.3
- EG Score
- 7.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 33(Track)EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity73% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 18%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 27, 2025
Last Modified
July 27, 2026
Advisory Details (10)
Auto-updated Jun 25, 2026Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Serv
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9569Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9501Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9316Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9315Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9314Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9310Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP So
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9309Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9308Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9165Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9162Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-48797(10)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:9569Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp:2.8 security update
- RHSA-2025:9501Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp security update
- RHSA-2025:9309Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp:2.8 security update
- RHSA-2025:9316Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp security update
- RHSA-2025:9314Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp security update
- RHSA-2025:9308Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp:2.8 security update
- RHSA-2025:9310Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp:2.8 security update
- RHSA-2025:9315Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gimp security update
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Patch Availability(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libgimp2.0-doc (2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm2) @ xenial | 2026-05-21 | ubuntu |
| redhat | gimp-2:2.8.22-1.el7_9.2 | 2025-06-24 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp:2.8-8080020250623120629.0621e4ee | 2025-06-24 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp-2:2.99.8-3.el9_0.1 | 2025-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp:2.8-8040020250618100956.70584597 | 2025-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp:2.8-8020020250618101631.c3a0935b | 2025-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp:2.8-8060020250618100419.6af1eaf0 | 2025-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_2.1 | 2025-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_4.1 | 2025-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_6.2 | 2025-06-17 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp:2.8-8100020250614205641.4c9c024f | 2025-06-17 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gimp | 2.10.22-4, 2.10.22-4+deb11u1, 2.10.22-4+deb11u2 | 2.10.22-4+deb11u3 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gimp | 2.10.34-1, 2.10.34-1+deb12u1, 2.10.34-1+deb12u2 | 2.10.34-1+deb12u3 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gimp | — | 3.0.0~RC1-4 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gimp | — | 3.0.0~RC1-4 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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