CVE-2026-2050

GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of HDR files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28266.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-122"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/2xxx/CVE-2026-2050.json",
    "cna_assigner": "zdi",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "3.0.6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "3.0.6"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gnome/gimp

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/gnome/gimp

Events

Introduced

a77e8fd05d3d08a58650531a3700100f6a3216b7

Last affected

a77e8fd05d3d08a58650531a3700100f6a3216b7

Database specific

{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "3.0.6"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.0.6"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.6

Other

GIMP_3_0_6

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-2050.json"

Git / gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/gimp

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/gimp

Events

Introduced

a77e8fd05d3d08a58650531a3700100f6a3216b7

Last affected

a77e8fd05d3d08a58650531a3700100f6a3216b7

Database specific

{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "3.0.6"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.0.6"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.6

Other

GIMP_3_0_6

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-2050.json"