CVE-2026-6695

A flaw was found in GIMP. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PAA (Paint Shop Pro Array) image file. This vulnerability, a heap-based out-of-bounds write in the decode_lzss() function of the PAA file format plugin, allows data to be written beyond the intended memory buffer. This could lead to heap metadata corruption and potentially enable the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Published 03 Aug 2026, 06:16 UTC Last modified 03 Aug 2026, 06:16 UTC

5.5

CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM base score CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack profile

The conditions required to exploit this vulnerability and its potential impact.

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

Availability High

Exploitability1.8

Impact3.6

Affected products

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NVD has not published structured affected-product data for this record.

Weakness classification

CWE categories help security teams group the underlying software weakness.

CWECWE-805

Source references

External advisories, patches and technical reports attached to this CVE record.

NVD National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov 01 Technical reference secalert@redhat.com 02 Technical reference secalert@redhat.com