# CVE-2026-80101: Gimp: multiple heap out-of-bounds reads in xwd loader from unrelated width and bytes-per-line validation

Status: published. Published: 2026-08-25. Updated: 2026-11-06.

A flaw was found in the file-xwd plugin in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted XWD image file, the plugin validates the image width and bytes-per-line parameters independently rather than ensuring their combined values are consistent with the allocated buffer size. This incorrect validation leads to improper bounds checking, causing a heap out-of-bounds read. This issue can result in an application crash, leading to a denial of service or a limited information disclosure of heap memory contents into the produced image.

## Remediation

- workaround: To mitigate this vulnerability, do not open XWD files from untrusted sources with GIMP. (source: CNA: redhat)

## Affected products and versions

- GNOME / GIMP (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
- Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (gimp): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 4.4 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L; source: CNA: redhat

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.23% as of 2026-11-05; percentile 14.34%

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-125

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16583 (ADP: CISA-ADP)

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-80101 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523738 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16583 (CNA: redhat)

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16583 (ADP: CISA-ADP; exploit)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80101; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-80101; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated Not reported

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