Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-5473

RCE

Title: Gimp RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-5473.

CWE Category CWE-190
Published Date Jun 06, 2025
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.64%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-5473: GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer 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 ICO files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before writing to memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-26752.

Impacted Vendors

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gimp 1
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gnu 1

Reference Links

https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/05/18/gimp-3-0-4-released/#general-bugfixes https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-321/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00022.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.0
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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-5473 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.