{"id":"CVE-2026-79902","title":"Gimp: stack vla size underflow denial of service in seattle","summary":"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 all…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-190"],"vendor":"GNOME","product":"gimp","affected":["gimp >= 3.1.4 < *","gimp","gimp","gimp:2.8/gimp","gimp"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-08-26T15:37:37.119891Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"published":"2026-08-26","updated":"2026-11-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-06T00:55:15.299Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79902","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79902"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523512","label":"RHBZ#2523512"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16582"}],"tags":["cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00266,"epssPercentile":0.18872,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-06T01:43:15.130Z","slug":"CVE-2026-79902","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `gimp >= 3.1.4 < *`\n- `gimp`\n- `gimp`\n- `gimp:2.8/gimp`\n- `gimp`\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, do not open SFW files from untrusted sources with GIMP.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":42,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}