Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-40919Gimp: gimp: denial of service via specially crafted seattle filmworks file

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds write in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:14	gimp	3.2.2-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40919
Ubuntu:25.10	gimp	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40919

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	see references

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40919 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2458748 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT