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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5473

GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

Published Jun 6, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 3, 2025 · GIMP GIMP

Check this week

CVE-2025-5473 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 23.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run GIMP GIMP.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
23.48%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor GIMP GIMP 3.0.2

GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow 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 ICO files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before writing to memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the curren

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  • vendor GIMP GIMP 3.0.23.0.2

How to fix CVE-2025-5473

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-5473 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 23.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run GIMP GIMP.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with GIMP GIMP 3.0.2 3.0.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 23.48%. 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. Jun 6, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow 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 ICO files. The issue results from the lac

  2. Nov 3, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow 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 ICO files. The issue results from the lac

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-5473

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-5473

    30-day exploitation probability 23.5%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-17358

    GIMP ICO File Parsing Integer Overflow 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

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.