A flaw was found in GIMP. The XCF loader can leave a dangling pointer in the linked-channels list when a linked channel is later destroyed via a selection property. Opening a crafted XCF file can cause a use-after-free in the main GIMP process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.

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Avoid opening untrusted XCF files in GIMP until an update is available. If GIMP is unused, remove the gimp package.

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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in GIMP. The XCF loader can leave a dangling pointer in the linked-channels list when a linked channel is later destroyed via a selection property. Opening a crafted XCF file can cause a use-after-free in the main GIMP process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.
Title Gimp: gimp: use-after-free in xcf loader via prop_linked and prop_selection on channels
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-416
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': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-19T21:37:20.179Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T13:14:38.053Z

Link: CVE-2026-112258

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-19T22:17:05.543

Modified: 2026-10-19T22:17:05.543

Link: CVE-2026-112258

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-112258 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-20T00:30:07Z

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