CVE-2026-40919 PUBLISHED

Gimp: gimp: denial of service via specially crafted seattle filmworks file

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 15.04.2026 Published: 15.04.2026 Updated: 15.04.2026

A flaw was found in GIMP. This vulnerability, a buffer overflow in the file-seattle-filmworks plugin, can be exploited when a user opens a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. A remote attacker could leverage this to cause a denial of service (DoS), leading to the plugin crashing and potentially impacting the stability of the GIMP application.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.1

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Versions Default: affected

Workarounds

To mitigate this vulnerability, users should exercise caution and avoid opening untrusted Seattle Filmworks (.sfw) files with GIMP. Processing untrusted files can trigger the buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service.

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank chamalsl for reporting this issue.

References

Problem Types

  • Out-of-bounds Write CWE