CVE-2023-44443 — gimp
HIGHCVE-2023-44443 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) CWE-190 vulnerability. EPSS puts its 30-day exploitation probability at 93.6% (100th percentile). A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
GIMP PSP File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2023-44443.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Description
GIMP PSP 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 PSP 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 current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-22096.
Affected Products
gimpgimpDetection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).
Fix
Upgrade the affected component to the fixed release for CVE-2023-44443, or apply your distribution's backported patch — distro builds are often patched at an older version number, so check your vendor's advisory rather than the upstream version alone.
Workarounds
Stop feeding it untrusted input: reject or quarantine files and payloads from unverified sources until you can upgrade, restrict accepted formats to the ones you actually need, and run the parsing or decoding step in a least-privileged sandbox or short-lived worker so a crash or corrupted read cannot reach the rest of the process.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8 is not affected by this issue as the we don't shipped the affected version.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2023-44443 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | gimp:2.8-8100020250110133707.4c9c024f | RHSA-2025:0746 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_3 | RHSA-2024:0675 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_5 | RHSA-2025:3617 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_6 | RHSA-2025:7417 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support | gimp-2:2.99.8-3.el9_0 | RHSA-2024:0716 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support | gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_2 | RHSA-2024:0702 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support | gimp-2:2.99.8-4.el9_4 | RHSA-2025:3629 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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