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High ALSA-2025:9165 3 CVEs

Important: gimp:2.8 security update

Published Jun 17, 2025 · 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: Multiple use after free in XCF parser (CVE-2025-48798)
* gimp: Multiple heap buffer overflows in TGA parser (CVE-2025-48797)
* gimp: GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2025-5473)

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.

Fixed packages 14

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 gimp 2:2.8.22-26.module_el8.10.0+4017+5eb23531.2
AlmaLinux · 8 gimp-devel 2:2.8.22-26.module_el8.10.0+4017+5eb23531.2
AlmaLinux · 8 gimp-devel-tools 2:2.8.22-26.module_el8.10.0+4017+5eb23531.2
AlmaLinux · 8 gimp-libs 2:2.8.22-26.module_el8.10.0+4017+5eb23531.2
AlmaLinux · 8 pygobject2 2.28.7-5.module_el8.10.0+3952+571e801c
AlmaLinux · 8 pygobject2-codegen 2.28.7-5.module_el8.10.0+3952+571e801c
AlmaLinux · 8 pygobject2-devel 2.28.7-5.module_el8.10.0+3952+571e801c
AlmaLinux · 8 pygobject2-doc 2.28.7-5.module_el8.10.0+3952+571e801c
AlmaLinux · 8 pygtk2 2.24.0-25.module_el8.9.0+3725+d1441900
AlmaLinux · 8 pygtk2-codegen 2.24.0-25.module_el8.9.0+3725+d1441900
AlmaLinux · 8 pygtk2-devel 2.24.0-25.module_el8.9.0+3725+d1441900
AlmaLinux · 8 pygtk2-doc 2.24.0-25.module_el8.9.0+3725+d1441900
AlmaLinux · 8 python2-cairo 1.16.3-7.module_el8.10.0+3952+571e801c
AlmaLinux · 8 python2-cairo-devel 1.16.3-7.module_el8.10.0+3952+571e801c

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48797
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48798
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5473
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2368557
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2368558
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2370867
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-9165.html