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Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-15 | Published 2026-04-15 | Updated 2026-04-28 | Assigner redhat




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

Problem types

Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

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affected

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affected

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affected

Timeline

2026-04-15:Reported to Red Hat.
2026-04-15:Made public.

Credits

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

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40919 vdb-entry

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458748 (RHBZ#2458748) issue-tracking

cve.org (CVE-2026-40919)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40919)

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