Medium [CVE-2026-4887] GIMP:Memory disclosure and denial of service via specially crafted PCX image
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-4887 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, gimp:2.8.
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Summary
GIMP:Memory disclosure and denial of service via specially crafted PCX image. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.1).
Weakness: CWE-193. Affected package(s): gimp, gimp:2.8.
Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:17533 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
- gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_2.6
- gimp-2:2.8.22-1.el7_9.6
- gimp:2.8-8100020260512115927.4c9c024f
- gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_4.6
- gimp-2:3.0.4-1.el9_7.5
- gimp-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.4
- gimp:2.8-8040020260520140422.70584597
- gimp:2.8-8080020260520102644.0621e4ee
- gimp:2.8-8060020260520140100.6af1eaf0
- gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_6.7
- gimp-2:2.99.8-3.el9_0.6
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- RHSA-2026:17533
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:17533 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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