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Ubuntu 24.04 GIMP Critical Code Execution Threat USN-8057-1

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Calendar Grey February 23, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Significant security updates for GIMP address various issues that could allow denial of service and code execution.
Several security issues were fixed in GIMP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in GIMP.

Software Description:

- gimp: GNU Image Manipulation Program

Details:

Hanno B�ck discovered that GIMP allocated FLI images using only the

information present in the file header, which allowed for a maliciously-

crafted file to cause out-of-bounds writes. An attacker could possibly use

this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-17785)

Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that that opening a maliciously

crafted FLI file could cause GIMP to index out-of-bounds. An attacker could

possibly use this issue to cause a denial or service or execute arbitrary

code. (CVE-2025-2761)

It was discovered that opening a maliciously-crafted DCM file could cause

GIMP to index out-of-bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-10922)

It was discovered that GIMP's JP2 parser did not account for precision w...

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security advisory denial of service security issue code execution Ubuntu GIMP

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  gimp                            2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0t64                   2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  gimp                            2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0                      2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  gimp                            2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0                      2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  gimp                            2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0                      2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  gimp                            2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0                      2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8057-1

CVE-2017-17785, CVE-2025-10922, CVE-2025-14425, CVE-2025-15059,

CVE-2025-2761

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