Gimp: context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
Published Jun 8, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.85%
Description
Gimp before 2.8.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ICO file with an InfoHeader containing a Height of zero, a similar issue to CVE-2007-2237.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
gimp
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gimp
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
gimp:2.8/gimp
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
gimp:flatpak/gimp
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | gimp | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gimp | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | gimp:2.8/gimp | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | gimp:flatpak/gimp | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider a user-assisted crash of a user application such as GIMP to be a security issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.85% (0.02852) | 86.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.72% (0.02722) | 84.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.86% (0.00859) | 72.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.63% (0.02632) | 76.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.86% (0.00859) | 73.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.63% (0.00630) | 79.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 19, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00444) | 74.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 79.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 25, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00679) | 77.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 0.70% (0.00700) | 78.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00653) | 76.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://osvdb.org/43453 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470751/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3126 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778604 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051868 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34789 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=323ecb73f7bf36788fb7066eb2d6678830cd5de7 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3126
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3126
- https://www.gimp.org/news/2017/05/11/gimp-2-8-22-released/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/43453 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470751/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3126 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778604 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051868 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34789 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=323ecb73f7bf36788fb7066eb2d6678830cd5de7 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3126 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3126 | ||
| https://www.gimp.org/news/2017/05/11/gimp-2-8-22-released/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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