Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4994

Title: Gimp RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4994.

CWE Category CWE-416

Published Date Jul 12, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.64%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4994: Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file.

Impacted Vendors

gimp 1

gnu 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00005.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2589.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3612 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91425 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036226 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.431987 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3025-1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767873 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=e82aaa4b4ee0703c879e35ea9321fff6be3e9b6f http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00005.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2589.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3612 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91425 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036226 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.431987 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3025-1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767873 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=e82aaa4b4ee0703c879e35ea9321fff6be3e9b6f

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4994 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 12, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.