CVE-2025-2761

Publication date 23 April 2025

Last updated 4 March 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

GIMP FLI File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of FLI files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25100.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gimp	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gimp	Upstream: 0806bc7

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-8057-1
GIMP vulnerabilities
23 February 2026