CVE-2025-14425

Publication date 23 December 2025

Last updated 4 March 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

GIMP JP2 File Parsing Heap-based Buffer 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 JP2 files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-28248.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gimp	25.10 questing	Vulnerable
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1

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Notes

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The fix is based on OpenJPEG and requires extensive backporting for old Jasper implementations

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-8057-1
GIMP vulnerabilities
23 February 2026