CVE-2025-5473 | GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow 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 ICO files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before writing to memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-26752.

Published: 2025-06-06 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-5473 is rated Moderate Risk (63.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.64%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-5473

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-23 1.69% 1.64% -0.05%
2 2026-05-22 1.64% 1.69% +0.05%
3 2026-05-19 — 1.64% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-5473

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-5473

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-5473

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2025-5473: 1 source package rows (gimp); 4 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 4. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-5473
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-5473 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gimp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5473
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5473
suse high CVE-2025-5473 severity important: SUSE including 28 source package names (gimp-2.10.30-150400.3.17.1, gimp-2.8.22-1.el7_9.2, …), 50 product×package rows across 8 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (8 product lines)): Fixed 50. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5473/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-5473 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gimp), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): released 6, ignored 2, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-5473

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-5473

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gimp gimp < 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-5473

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