Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-2271

Title: GIMP PSP Integer Overflow Heap Overflow DoS

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-2271.

CWE Category CWE-190

Published Date Mar 26, 2026

Modified Date Apr 21, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 3.3 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-2271: A flaw was found in GIMP's PSP (Paint Shop Pro) file parser. A remote attacker could exploit an integer overflow vulnerability in the read_creator_block() function by providing a specially crafted PSP image file. This vulnerability occurs when a 32-bit length value from the file is used for memory allocation without proper validation, leading to a heap overflow and an out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation could result in an application level denial of service.

Impacted Vendors

gimp 1

gnu 1

Reference Links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2271 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2438429

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.3

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:N/I:N/A:L