CVE-2026-79902
published 2026-08-26CVE-2026-79902: A flaw was found in the Seattle FilmWorks plugin in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted SFW image file, the plugin allocates a Variable-Length Array…
PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.27%
17.8th percentile
A flaw was found in the Seattle FilmWorks plugin in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted SFW image file, the plugin allocates a Variable-Length Array (VLA) on the stack without integer overflow checks, causing an unbounded stack allocation. This issue leads to an application crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| gimp | gimp | <= 3.3.1 | — |
| gnome | gimp | >= 3.1.4 < * | * |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
A flaw was found in the Seattle FilmWorks plugin in GIMP.
ghsa_unreviewed·2026-08-26
CVE-2026-79902 [MEDIUM] CWE-190 A flaw was found in the Seattle FilmWorks plugin in GIMP.
A flaw was found in the Seattle FilmWorks plugin in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted SFW image file, the plugin allocates a Variable-Length Array (VLA) on the stack without integer overflow checks, causing an unbounded stack allocation. This issue leads to an application crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Red Hat
gimp: stack VLA size underflow denial of service in Seattle
vendor_redhat·2026-07-24·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2026-79902 [MEDIUM] CWE-190 gimp: stack VLA size underflow denial of service in Seattle
gimp: stack VLA size underflow denial of service in Seattle
A flaw was found in the Seattle FilmWorks plugin in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted SFW image file, the plugin allocates a Variable-Length Array (VLA) on the stack without integer overflow checks, causing an unbounded stack allocation. This issue leads to an application crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Statement: To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker needs to convince a user to process a specially crafted SFW image with GIMP, reducing the likelihood of exploitation. Due to this reason, this flaw has been rated with a moderate severity.
Mitigation: To mitigate this vulnerability, do not open SFW files from untrusted sources with GIMP.
Package: gimp (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: gim
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-79902 gimp: stack VLA size underflow denial of service in Seattle
bugzilla·2026-08-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2026-79902 [MEDIUM] CVE-2026-79902 gimp: stack VLA size underflow denial of service in Seattle
CVE-2026-79902 gimp: stack VLA size underflow denial of service in Seattle
HASH(0x55a29c2b3ab8)
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-79902 gimp: stack VLA size underflow denial of service in Seattle [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2026-08-25
CVE-2026-79902 [MEDIUM] CVE-2026-79902 gimp: stack VLA size underflow denial of service in Seattle [fedora-all]
CVE-2026-79902 gimp: stack VLA size underflow denial of service in Seattle [fedora-all]
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.
A flaw was found in the Seattle FilmWorks plugin in GIMP, affecting versions 3.1.4 and newer. When processing a specially crafted SFW image file, the plugin allocates a Variable-Length Array (VLA) on the stack without integer overflow checks, causing an unbounded stack allocation. This issue leads to an application crash, resulting in a denial of service.
2026-08-26
Published