Code execution via malformed TGA palette handling
Published May 27, 2025 · Updated Jul 27, 2026
Heap-based buffer overflows in GIMP before 3.0.0 allow attackers to execute code when a local user opens a crafted TGA image. The file-tga.c parser can allocate three bytes per pixel for an alpha-bearing palette and then have upsample write four; invalid color IDs can also index beyond the palette. Exploitation requires local access and user interaction, with code execution or a crash confined to the user's GIMP process.
Summary
What happened
Heap-based buffer overflows in GIMP before 3.0.0 allow attackers to execute code when a local user opens a crafted TGA image. The file-tga.c parser can allocate three bytes per pixel for an alpha-bearing palette and then have upsample write four; invalid color IDs can also index beyond the palette. Exploitation requires local access and user interaction, with code execution or a crash confined to the user's GIMP process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-48797
- Published
- May 27, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 27, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- Classifications
- CWE-122, T1204.002, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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