---
id: CVE-2026-6384
title: A flaw was found in gimp
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in gimp. This buffer overflow vulnerability in the GIF image
  loading component's `ReadJeffsImage` function allows an attacker to write
  beyond an allocated buffer by processing a specially crafted GIF file. This
  can lead …
severity: high
cvss: 7.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-120
vendor: gimp
product: gimp
affected:
  - gimp
  - enterprise_linux = 6.0
  - enterprise_linux = 7.0
  - enterprise_linux = 8.0
  - enterprise_linux = 9.0
published: '2026-04-15'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T19:16:41.210'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6384'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6384'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458749'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6384'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458749'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-6384.json
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-04-15T00:00:00+00:00'
epss: 0.00303
epssPercentile: 0.20793
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T19:21:07.242Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in gimp. This buffer overflow vulnerability in the GIF image loading component's `ReadJeffsImage` function allows an attacker to write beyond an allocated buffer by processing a specially crafted GIF file. This can lead to a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution.

## Affected

- `gimp`
- `enterprise_linux = 6.0`
- `enterprise_linux = 7.0`
- `enterprise_linux = 8.0`
- `enterprise_linux = 9.0`

## Remediation

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