# CVE-2025-48796: Gimp: stack-based buffer overflows in file-ico

Status: published. Published: 2025-05-27. Updated: 2026-11-04.

A flaw was found in GIMP. The GIMP ani_load_image() function is vulnerable to a stack-based overflow. If a user opens.ANI files, GIMP may be used to store more information than the capacity allows. This flaw allows a malicious ANI file to trigger arbitrary code execution.

## Remediation

- workaround: Currently no mitigation is available for this vulnerability. (source: CNA: redhat)

## Affected products and versions

-  /  (gimp): ≥ 0; < 2.99.16 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (gimp): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (gimp): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (gimp:2.8/gimp): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (gimp): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.3 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: redhat

- CVSS 3.1: 7.3 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: secalert@redhat.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.21% as of 2026-11-04; percentile 10.72%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-121

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48796 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368559 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/9257 (CNA: redhat)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48796 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368559 (secalert@redhat.com)

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/9257 (secalert@redhat.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48796; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-04

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48796; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-04

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-48796; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated Not reported

Revision: d2e225d9757ed22c5a38d6d428589e8fdab718e75a7068bfc15a3288e8f0ac84

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