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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-14424

GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

Published Dec 23, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · GIMP GIMP

Last checked Oct 30, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14424. EPSS is 0.66%. Act only if a listed version of GIMP GIMP is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.66%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor GIMP GIMP 3.0.6

GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of XCF files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28

Are you affected?

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  • vendor GIMP GIMP 3.0.63.0.6

How to fix CVE-2025-14424

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14424. EPSS is 0.66%. Act only if a listed version of GIMP GIMP is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with GIMP GIMP 3.0.6 3.0.6. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.66%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 23, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of XCF files. The issue results from the lack

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of XCF files. The issue results from the lack

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-14424

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-14424

    30-day exploitation probability 0.66%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-204981

    GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious p

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 30, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 30, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSOct 30, 2026
  • EUVDOct 30, 2026