GIMP 3.0.4 XWD File Parser heap-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GIMP 3.0.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component XWD File Parser. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-10934. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GIMP 3.0.4. This issue affects an unknown part of the component XWD File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

GIMP XWD File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of XWD files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-27823.

The advisory is shared at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-10934 since 09/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271997 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-10934), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch 5c3e2122d53869599d77ef0f1bdece117b24fd7c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at gitlab.gnome.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (271997) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2449). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Gentoo Linux
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source GIMP

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• Image Processing Software

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• GIMP

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• 3.0.4

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• open-source

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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