# CVE-2026-106062: Gimp: gimp: heap buffer overflow in dds loader on crafted directdraw surface file

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-06. Updated: 2026-11-02.

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s DirectDraw Surface (DDS) loader. When loading a crafted DDS image, buffer sizes derived from width, height, and pitch can be computed using 32-bit arithmetic that overflows. The allocated buffer is too small for the amount of pixel data written through GEGL, following integer overflow in size calculations. This may allow heap corruption and, in the worst case, arbitrary code execution in the context of the GIMP process.

## Remediation

- workaround: To mitigate this do not open DDS files from untrusted sources. Exploitation may be harder on hardened systems (Full RELRO/PIE, ASLR, FORTIFY_SOURCE, heap allocator protections) but the vulnerability remains. (source: CNA: redhat)

## Affected products and versions

- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (gimp): ≥ 2:3.0.4-4.el9_8.15; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (gimp): Version range not reported. 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

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: redhat

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.15% as of 2026-11-02; percentile 4.12%

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

- Weaknesses: CWE-119

## Exploit evidence

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

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:93975 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-106062 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2546654 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-106062; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-106062; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated Not reported

Revision: 77820354da22f0ed58afb22cd223f938559d5be357d29d4489577965fc33fab4

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