{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-04-15T18:41:42Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "gimp: GIMP: Application crashes or information disclosure via crafted ICNS image files",
    "id" : "2458746",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458746"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.0",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-125",
  "details" : [ "A flaw was found in GIMP. This vulnerability, a heap buffer over-read in the `icns_slurp()` function, occurs when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. An attacker could provide a malicious ICNS file, potentially leading to application crashes or information disclosure on systems that process such files.", "A flaw was found in GIMP. This vulnerability, a heap buffer over-read in the `icns_slurp()` function, occurs when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. An attacker could provide a malicious ICNS file, potentially leading to application crashes or information disclosure on systems that process such files." ],
  "statement" : "This Moderate impact flaw in GIMP is due to a heap buffer over-read when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. Exploitation requires a user to open a malicious ICNS file, which could lead to application crashes or information disclosure.",
  "acknowledgement" : "Red Hat would like to thank mzfr for reporting this issue.",
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "gimp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "gimp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "gimp:2.8/gimp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "gimp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40917\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40917" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-40917",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}