CVE-2026-40916: A flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding path allows a…
CVE-2026-40916 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5 · Published 2026-04-15
A flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding path allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By opening a specially crafted TIM image file, the application crashes due to an unconditional overflow when writing to a variable-length array.
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-40916 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-40916?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5, published 15 April 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Gimp, Redhat Enterprise Linux. The advisory does not name versions.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-40916?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-40916?
Check whether you run Gimp or Redhat Enterprise Linux. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.