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CVE-2023-44442

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-44442 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GIMP's PSD file parsing, allowing remote code execution. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious PSD file, which a user must open. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though user interaction is required. There is currently no public exploit code, and it is not known to be actively exploited, with minimal community discussion or media coverage.

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
61.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6143 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 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 (17)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: gimp-2:2.8.22-1.el7_9.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gimp:2.8-8090020240201075404.4ba4a31a
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gimp:2.8-8100020250110133707.4c9c024f
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: gimp:2.8-8020020240215094418.c3a0935b
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: gimp:2.8-8020020240215094418.c3a0935b
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: gimp:2.8-8020020240215094418.c3a0935b
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportFixed in: gimp:2.8-8040020240209115058.70584597
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: gimp:2.8-8040020240209115058.70584597
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: gimp:2.8-8040020240209115058.70584597
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: gimp:2.8-8060020240201091518.6af1eaf0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportFixed in: gimp:2.8-8080020240201091217.0621e4ee
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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-2023-44442Important

gimp: PSD buffer overflow RCE

Nov 14, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00015.html
gimp.org / news/2023/11/07/gimp-2-10-36-released
Release Notes
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-23-1594
Third Party Advisory