# CVE-2026-96545: Gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds heap read in the 4bpp tim image loader

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-23 · Updated: 2026-09-23

## Affected

- gimp: version range not reported
- gimp: version range not reported
- gimp: version range not reported
- gimp:2.8/gimp: version range not reported
- gimp: version range not reported

## Description

An out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's TIM image loader. When a user opens a crafted 4bpp TIM image that causes promotion to an RGBA layer, the file-tim plug-in allocates an undersized row buffer but processes it using the larger RGBA row size. This can copy adjacent heap contents into the decoded image and may crash the plug-in.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gimp, gimp:2.8/gimp, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96545
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539597
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16791

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