---
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'
---

## Overview

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

- `gimp >= 3.1.4 < *`
- `gimp`
- `gimp`
- `gimp:2.8/gimp`
- `gimp`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

### Workarounds

To mitigate this vulnerability, do not open SFW files from untrusted sources with GIMP.