CVE-2025-59820 Memory corruption in Krita
Loading a manipulated TGA file in KDE Krita causes a heap-based buffer overflow, potentially allowing code execution or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-59820?
CVE-2025-59820 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in KDE Krita, published on 26 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In KDE Krita before 5.2.13, loading a manipulated TGA file could result in a heap-based buffer overflow in plugins/impex/tga/kis_tga_import.cpp (aka KisTgaImport). Control flow proceeds even when a number of pixels becomes negative.
Weakness: CWE-1284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59820?
Linux distribution packages (1)
krita openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 5.2.13-1.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-59820?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-59820 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59820 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59820, DLA-4395-1, DSA-6065-1, GHSA-r8j3-whr2-75m5, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59820, openSUSE-SU-2025:15577-1.