| Name | CVE-2025-14424 |
| Description | GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gimp (PTS) | bullseye | 2.10.22-4+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.10.22-4+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.10.34-1+deb12u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.10.34-1+deb12u6 | fixed |
| trixie | 3.0.4-3+deb13u2 | vulnerable |
| trixie (security) | 3.0.4-3+deb13u4 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 3.2.0~RC2-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gimp | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| gimp | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| gimp | source | trixie | 3.0.4-3+deb13u4 | | | |
| gimp | source | (unstable) | 3.2.0~RC2-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - gimp <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - gimp <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, poc handled correctly)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-1138/
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/15288
Introduced with: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/commit/a0fc5a025ae3579609730ebabc3c84146385da76 (GIMP_2_99_10)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/commit/5cc55d078b7fba995cef77d195fac325ee288ddd (GIMP_3_2_0_RC1)