CVE-2026-40917 | Gimp: gimp: application crashes or information disclosure via crafted icns image files

A flaw was found in GIMP. This vulnerability, a heap buffer over-read in the `icns_slurp()` function, occurs when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. An attacker could provide a malicious ICNS file, potentially leading to application crashes or information disclosure on systems that process such files.

Published: 2026-04-15 Last update: 2026-04-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Undergoing Analysis，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-40917 is rated Low Risk (22.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-40917

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 2026-06-15 0.01% 0.17% +0.15%
2 2026-04-16 — 0.01% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-40917

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.3 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-40917

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-40917

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-40917 unimportant 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-2026-40917
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40917
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-40917 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gimp), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 6, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-40917

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-40917

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-40917

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