A flaw was found in GIMP. Importing a crafted SBZ palette without a color-model attribute can cause a NULL pointer dereference during string comparison, resulting in denial of service of the GIMP application.

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Avoid importing untrusted SBZ palette files. If GIMP is unused, remove the gimp package.

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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in GIMP. Importing a crafted SBZ palette without a color-model attribute can cause a NULL pointer dereference during string comparison, resulting in denial of service of the GIMP application.
Title Gimp: gimp: null pointer dereference in swatchbooker (sbz) palette import
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-19T18:42:52.539Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T13:14:42.289Z

Link: CVE-2026-112259

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-19T19:17:27.330

Modified: 2026-10-19T19:17:27.330

Link: CVE-2026-112259

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