CVE-2026-96545

Summary

An out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's TIM image loader. When a user opens a crafted 4bpp TIM image that causes promotion to an RGBA layer, the file-tim plug-in allocates an undersized row buffer but processes it using the larger RGBA row size. This can copy adjacent heap contents into the decoded image and may crash the plug-in.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus

Weaknesses

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Workarounds

Do not open TIM image files from untrusted sources. No application-level mitigation that preserves processing of untrusted TIM files is known.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

Additional References

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