THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-42170 (HIGH 7.8) — A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GIMP DDS (DirectDraw Surface) file parser. When a crafted DDS file declares a D3D9 pixel format but sets a lower bits-per-pixel (bpp) value in the header, the loader allocates an undersized heap buffer. Subsequent pixel dat
[NVD] CVE-2026-42170 (HIGH 7.8) — A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GIMP DDS (DirectDraw Surface) file parser. When a crafted DDS file declares a D3D9 pixel format but sets a lower bits-per-pixel (bpp) value in the header, the loader allocates an undersized heap buffer. Subsequent pixel dat
CVE-2026-42170 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2026-08-08T16:16:49.093
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GIMP DDS (DirectDraw Surface) file parser. When a crafted DDS file declares a D3D9 pixel format but sets a lower bits-per-pixel (bpp) value in the header, the loader allocates an undersized heap buffer. Subsequent pixel data consumption at the real format's stride causes a wri
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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42170