---
id: CVE-2026-106065
title: A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s PCX export plug-in
summary: >-
  A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s PCX export plug-in. For
  images with extremely large width and height, buffer allocation uses
  overflowing 32-bit width * height arithmetic while subsequent GEGL operations
  use the full exte…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-119
vendor: Red Hat
product: gimp
affected:
  - gimp (all versions)
  - gimp
  - gimp
  - 'gimp:2.8/gimp (all versions)'
  - gimp (all versions)
published: '2026-10-07'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T18:17:15.880'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106065'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-106065'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2547456'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-07T17:34:32.257113Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T17:40:37.540Z'
---

## Overview

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GIMP’s PCX export plug-in. For images with extremely large width and height, buffer allocation uses overflowing 32-bit width * height arithmetic while subsequent GEGL operations use the full extent, after integer overflow in size calculation

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.