I installed +esm3 on 20.04 LTS and it solved the problem for me.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2026 at 17:30, Oleg Moiseichuk <[email protected]>
wrote:

> What about ESM release channel? My Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with Ubuntu Pro
> subscription currently proposes me upgrades for the packages exiv2 and
> libexiv2-27 from version 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7 to 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7+esm3.
> Is it updated version or buggy one?
>
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>
> Title:
>   Multiple image apps (Gwenview, GIMP, gThumb) crashes when pasting/open
>   image after libexiv2 upgrade
>
> Status in exiv2 package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in gimp package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in variety package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   $ lsb_release -rd
>   Description:  Ubuntu 25.10
>   Release:      25.10
>
>   $ apt-cache policy gimp
>   gimp:
>     Installed: 3.0.4-6.1
>     Candidate: 3.0.4-6.1
>     Version table:
>    *** 3.0.4-6.1 500
>           500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing/universe amd64
> Packages
>           100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>
>   After these packages were upgraded today
>
>   2026-03-18 10:30:13 upgrade libexiv2-data:all 0.28.5+dfsg-1
> 0.28.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
>   2026-03-18 10:30:13 upgrade libexiv2-28:amd64 0.28.5+dfsg-1
> 0.28.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
>
>   .. GIMP cannot open an image.
>
>   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/file-jpeg/file-jpeg: fatal
> error: Segmentation fault
>   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/file-webp/file-webp: fatal
> error: Segmentation fault
>
>
>   ..or paste a screenshot.
>
>   GIMP Crash Debug: https://pastebin.com/DHqLcbFZ
>
>    3) What you expected to happen
>
>   To open an image or pasting a screenshot.
>
>    4) What happened instead
>
>   On opening I get an error message.
>
>   On pasting a screenshot the application crashes.
>
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Title:
  Multiple image apps (Gwenview, GIMP, gThumb) crashes when pasting/open
  image after libexiv2 upgrade

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