CVE-2025-10921

HIGH

GIMP - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in HDR File Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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 HDR files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-27803.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0039
EPSS Percentile 30.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-122 CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
gimp/gimp 3.0.4
Published Oct 29, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026