{"id":"CVE-2026-40919","title":"Gimp: gimp: denial of service via specially crafted seattle filmworks file","summary":"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 denia…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-787"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"gimp","affected":["gimp (all versions)","gimp (all versions)","gimp:2.8/gimp (all versions)","gimp (all versions)"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-04-15T19:36:14.875270Z"},"published":"2026-04-15","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T21:25:04.140Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40919","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40919"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458748","label":"RHBZ#2458748"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00331,"epssPercentile":0.26404,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:32.093Z","slug":"CVE-2026-40919","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `gimp (all versions)`\n- `gimp (all versions)`\n- `gimp:2.8/gimp (all versions)`\n- `gimp (all versions)`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nTo 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.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":34,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":33.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}