A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s PCX export plug-in. For images with extremely large width and height, buffer allocation uses overflowing 32-bit width * height arithmetic while subsequent GEGL operations use the full extent, after integer overflow in size calculation

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Restrict PCX export to trusted images and reasonable dimension limits

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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s PCX export plug-in. For images with extremely large width and height, buffer allocation uses overflowing 32-bit width * height arithmetic while subsequent GEGL operations use the full extent, after integer overflow in size calculation
Title Gimp: gimp: heap buffer overflow in pcx export on oversized image dimensions
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-119
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T17:36:00.502Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T14:27:14.506Z

Link: CVE-2026-106065

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T17:35:27.305Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-07T17:16:47.380

Modified: 2026-10-07T18:17:15.880

Link: CVE-2026-106065

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T19:00:16Z

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