CVE record · CVE-2025-48798

Gimp: multiple use after free in xcf parser

CVSS 7.3 HighEPSS 0.0025 · 16th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 27 May 2025, 14:05 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	Not given Package name: gimp https://www.gimp.org/	affected before 3.0.0 semver Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support Package name: gimp https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 2:2.8.22-1.el7_9.2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: gimp:2.8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8100020250614205641.4c9c024f to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support Package name: gimp:2.8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8020020250618101631.c3a0935b to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Package name: gimp:2.8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8040020250618100956.70584597 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Package name: gimp:2.8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8060020250618100419.6af1eaf0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service Package name: gimp:2.8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8060020250618100419.6af1eaf0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: gimp:2.8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8060020250618100419.6af1eaf0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service Package name: gimp:2.8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8080020250623120629.0621e4ee to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: gimp:2.8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8080020250623120629.0621e4ee to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: gimp https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 2:2.99.8-4.el9_6.2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: gimp https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 2:2.99.8-3.el9_0.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: gimp https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 2:2.99.8-4.el9_2.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support Package name: gimp https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 2:2.99.8-4.el9_4.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: gimp https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown

Identifiers: CVE-2025-48798
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
Memory corruption
Published: 27 May 2025
Updated: 4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.3	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0025, the 16th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

27 May 2025, 14:05 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
27 May 2025, 14:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9162 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9165 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9308 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9309 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9310 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9314 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9315 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9316 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9501 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9569 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48798 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368557 issue-trackingredhat
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11822

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