CVE-2026-40919

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.1 Medium

Status

Analyzed - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2026-04-15

Last modified

2026-10-26

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

• Gimp (Gimp)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40919
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458748