RHSA-2025:9162 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for gimp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program. GIMP provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and anti-aliasing, and conversions, all with multi-level undo.

Security Fix(es):

• gimp: Multiple use after free in XCF parser (CVE-2025-48798)
• gimp: Multiple heap buffer overflows in TGA parser (CVE-2025-48797)
• gimp: GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2025-5473)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2368557 - CVE-2025-48798 gimp: Multiple use after free in XCF parser
• BZ - 2368558 - CVE-2025-48797 gimp: Multiple heap buffer overflows in TGA parser
• BZ - 2370867 - CVE-2025-5473 gimp: GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow

CVEs

• CVE-2025-5473
• CVE-2025-48797
• CVE-2025-48798

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important