CVE-2025-14424
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Use-After-Free in GIMP XCF Parsing Enables Remote Code Execution

Vulnerability report for CVE-2025-14424, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2025-12-23

Last updated on: 2025-12-23

Assigner: Zero Day Initiative

Description

GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28376.

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Published
2025-12-23
Last Modified
2025-12-23
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2025-12-24
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-04
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gimp gimp 3.0

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Exploitability

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CWE-416 The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a use-after-free flaw in the parsing of XCF files in GIMP. It occurs because the software does not properly check if an object exists before operating on it. Exploiting this flaw requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious file or visiting a malicious page, and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the context of the GIMP process.

Impact Analysis

If exploited, this vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on your system with the privileges of the GIMP process. This could lead to system compromise, data theft, or further attacks depending on the permissions of the affected process.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, avoid opening untrusted or suspicious XCF files in GIMP. Ensure that users do not visit malicious web pages or open files from untrusted sources. Apply any available patches or updates from GIMP once released to fix the parsing flaw.

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