GIMP XCF UAF via crafted image causing crash
CVE-2025-48798 Published on May 27, 2025

Gimp: multiple use after free in xcf parser
A flaw was found in GIMP when processing XCF image files. If a user opens one of these image files that has been specially crafted by an attacker, GIMP can be tricked into making serious memory errors, potentially leading to crashes and causing use-after-free issues.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-48798 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public.

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2025-48798 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-48798

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Red Hat Rhel Eus
 

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
8.81%

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