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CVE-2023-44441

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-44441 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GIMP's DDS file parsing, affecting GIMP installations. This flaw, rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if a user opens a specially crafted DDS file or visits a malicious page. The vulnerability stems from insufficient length validation of user-supplied data before copying it to a heap buffer. While user interaction is required, successful exploitation could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.10.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
27.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2731 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: gimp-2:2.99.8-3.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_4
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-44441Important

gimp: dds buffer overflow RCE

Nov 14, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00031.html
gimp.org / news/2023/11/07/gimp-2-10-36-released
Release Notes
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-23-1592
Third Party Advisory