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Medium ALSA-2022:7978 2 CVEs

Moderate: gimp security and enhancement update

Published Nov 15, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program. GIMP provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and anti-aliasing, and conversions, all with multi-level undo.

Security Fix(es):

* gimp: buffer overflow through a crafted XCF file (CVE-2022-30067)
* gimp: unhandled exception via a crafted XCF file may lead to DoS (CVE-2022-32990)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 gimp 2:2.99.8-3.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 gimp-libs 2:2.99.8-3.el9

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —

    GIMP 2.10.30 and 2.99.10 are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. Through a crafted XCF file, the program will allocate for a…

  • Unscored —

    An issue in gimp_layer_invalidate_boundary of GNOME GIMP 2.10.30 allows attackers to trigger an unhandled exception via…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-30067
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-32990
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2087591
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2103202
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7978.html