Red Hat Enterprise Linux TIM image loader out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This affects an unknown function of the component TIM image loader. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-96545. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component TIM image loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An out-of-bounds heap read flaw was found in GIMP's TIM image loader. When a user opens a crafted 4bpp TIM image that causes promotion to an RGBA layer, the file-tim plug-in allocates an undersized row buffer but processes it using the larger RGBA row size. This can copy adjacent heap contents into the decoded image and may crash the plug-in.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-96545 since 09/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/23/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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CNA Base Score: 4.4
CNA Vector (redhat): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/23/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/23/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-96545 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-96545
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-409109

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2026 21:00
Changes: 09/23/2026 21:00 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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