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Fedora 43 GIMP Critical PSD Loader DoS Fix Advisory 2026-3e21dad421

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Calendar Grey March 1, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
GIMP security update for Fedora 43 fixes loader to prevent DoS attacks via crafted PSD files.
This is a security update fixing the loader for PSD files.

Summary

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a powerful image composition and

editing program, which can be extremely useful for creating logos and other

graphics for web pages. GIMP has many of the tools and filters you would expect

to find in similar commercial offerings, and some interesting extras as well.

GIMP provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations

and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and anti-aliasing, and conversions, all

with multi-level undo.

Update Information:

This is a security update fixing the loader for PSD files.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service fedora critical GIMP

Change Log

* Thu Feb 26 2026 Nils Philippsen - 2:3.0.8-5 - Fix overflows and crashes in the PSD loader

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2437677 - CVE-2026-2239 gimp: GIMP: Denial of Service via crafted PSD file due to heap-buffer-overflow [fedora-43] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2437677

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-3e21dad421' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: gimp
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 3.0.8
Release: 5.fc43
URL: https://www.gimp.org
Summary: GNU Image Manipulation Program

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Topics Covered

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