A flaw was found in GIMP when processing XCF 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 use-after-free issues.
CVE-2025-48798
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
- 7%
- 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-2025-48798(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:2.8-8080020250623120629.0621e4ee | 2025-06-24 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp-2:2.8.22-1.el7_9.2 | 2025-06-24 | 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:2.8-8040020250618100956.70584597 | 2025-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp:2.8-8020020250618101631.c3a0935b | 2025-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp-2:2.99.8-3.el9_0.1 | 2025-06-23 | redhat |
| redhat | gimp:2.8-8060020250618100419.6af1eaf0 | 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.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
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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.
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