A flaw was found in the file-fits plugin in GIMP. When processing a FITS image file, the plugin calculates memory allocation sizes using signed 32-bit integers for width and height. If a crafted file sets both values to large values, their product exceeds 2^31 and overflows, resulting in an undersized heap-based buffer allocation. This integer overflow issue results in a heap-based buffer overflow when cfitsio subsequently writes a full row of pixels in the buffer, causing memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.
CVE-2026-66758
Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-27. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8(high)
- EG Risk
- 35(Track)EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity78% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 27, 2026
Last Modified
July 28, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jul 27, 20263 memory corruption vulnerabilities in GIMP's file format loaders (#16528) · Issues · GNOME / GIMP · GitLab
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/165282507475 – (CVE-2026-66758) CVE-2026-66758 gimp: integer overflow in file-fits plugin causes a heap-based buffer overflow on crafted FITS images
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507475Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-66758(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)
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- 2026-07-29 05:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-28 17:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-28 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-28 05:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-28 05:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-28 04:35 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-28 04:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-27 20:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 19:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 19:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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