Bug 2533005 (CVE-2026-90947)

Summary:	CVE-2026-90947 gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds write in lighting effects plugin via crafted preset file
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted lighting preset file, the Lighting Effects filter does not properly validate the number of light sources. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to open a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-14 11:53:07 UTC

A flaw was found in GIMP's Lighting Effects filter. When loading a lighting preset file, lighting-ui.c reads the number of light sources from the file using fscanf() without validating the return value or bounding the parsed count against the fixed-size array of light sources (NUM_LIGHTS, 6 entries). A preset file specifying more than 6 light sources causes writes past the end of the lightsource array, corrupting memory. This issue could be triggered by convincing a user to open a specially crafted lighting preset file in GIMP, potentially leading to a crash or arbitrary code execution in the context of the user running GIMP.

Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-10-05 03:47:16 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:75575 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75575