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High ALAS2-2026-3911 1 CVE

Important: gegl security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Sep 14, 2026 · Updated Sep 14, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-18300: GIMP HDR 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 HDR files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-29289.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 gegl 0:0.2.0-19.amzn2.1.3
Amazon Linux · 2 gegl-debuginfo 0:0.2.0-19.amzn2.1.3
Amazon Linux · 2 gegl-devel 0:0.2.0-19.amzn2.1.3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8

    GIMP HDR File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    GIMP HDR 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 m…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-18300.html