CVE-2026-79902: Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GNOME GIMP
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.
CVE-2026-79902: Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GNOME GIMP
Description
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T14:50:35.232Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79902","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 6a8eefb7acd9273b49f58b6e
Added to database: 08/26/2026, 13:52:55 UTC
Last updated: 08/26/2026, 18:48:24 UTC
Views: 7
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