High [CVE-2026-66758] integer overflow in file-fits plugin causes a heap-based buffer overflow on crafted FITS images
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-66758 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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Summary
A flaw was found in the file-fits plugin in GIMP. If a crafted file sets both values to large values, their product exceeds 2^31 and overflows, resulting in an undersized heap-based buffer allocation.
This integer overflow issue results in a heap-based buffer overflow when cfitsio subsequently writes a full row of pixels in the buffer, causing memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker needs to convince a user to process a specially crafted FITS image with GIMP, reducing the likelihood of exploitation. However, successful exploitation may potentially lead to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.
Default Red Hat Enterprise Linux security features, including SELinux enforcement, Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) and NX (No-Execute) stack protection, significantly increase the difficulty of achieving arbitrary code execution, limiting the impact of this vulnerability. Due to this reason, this flaw has been rated with an important severity.
Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness: CWE-190.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 28 days ago·verify at source
- gimp:2.8-8100020260824165450.4c9c024f
- gimp-2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.9
- gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_6.20
- RHSA-2026:62507
- RHSA-2026:50817
- RHSA-2026:73768
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 28 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- To mitigate this vulnerability, do not open FITS files from untrusted sources with GIMP.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 28 days ago·verify at source
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