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CVE-2016-4994
Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
High7.8EPSS 3.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 1036226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=e82aaa4b4ee0703c879e35ea9321fff6be3e9b6f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767873 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1727 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 91425 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3612 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3025-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SSA:2016-203-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2589 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .