USN-8082-1: GIMP vulnerabilities

Publication date

10 March 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GIMP.


Packages

  • gimp - GNU Image Manipulation Program

Details

Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain
malformed ICO files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-5473)

Seungho Kim discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain memory
operations when running the despeckle plugin. An attacker could possibly
use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2025-6035)

Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain
malformed ICO files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-5473)

Seungho Kim discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain memory
operations when running the despeckle plugin. An attacker could possibly
use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2025-6035)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 LTS noble gimp –  2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm3  
libgimp2.0t64 –  2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm3  
22.04 LTS jammy gimp –  2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm3  
libgimp2.0 –  2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm3  
20.04 LTS focal gimp –  2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm3  
libgimp2.0 –  2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm3  
18.04 LTS bionic gimp –  2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm3  
libgimp2.0 –  2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm3  
16.04 LTS xenial gimp –  2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3  
libgimp2.0 –  2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3  

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