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Ubuntu 24.04 GIMP Important Denial of Service Issues USN-8082-1

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security issues in GIMP were patched, ensuring robust protection against potential issues and vulnerabilities.
Several security issues were fixed in GIMP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in GIMP.

Software Description:

- gimp: GNU Image Manipulation Program

Details:

Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain

malformed ICO files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial

of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-5473)

Seungho Kim discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain memory

operations when running the despeckle plugin. An attacker could possibly

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

(CVE-2025-6035)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu important 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+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0t64                   2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  gimp                            2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0                      2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  gimp                            2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0                      2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  gimp                            2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0                      2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  gimp                            2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgimp2.0                      2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8082-1

CVE-2025-5473, CVE-2025-6035

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8082-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu important GIMP

Package Information

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