CVE-2026-106067 Gimp: gimp: heap buffer overflow in hot color filter on oversized image

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

An attacker can trigger a heap buffer overflow in GIMP's Hot color filter via oversized images, potentially leading to code execution or crashes.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2026-106067?

CVE-2026-106067 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 7 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s Hot color filter plug-in. For very large images, a pixel buffer is allocated using overflowing 32-bit width * height (and related) arithmetic while the filter’s pixel access path uses the true image size, after integer overflow in the allocation size

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-106067?

How do I fix CVE-2026-106067?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-106067 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-106067 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-106067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-106067, GHSA-3rg9-87vj-hg53, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-106067.

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