{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-04-15T18:41:37Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "gimp: GIMP: Denial of Service via specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file",
    "id" : "2458748",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458748"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "6.1",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-787",
  "details" : [ "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." ],
  "statement" : "This Moderate impact flaw in GIMP's `file-seattle-filmworks` plugin can lead to a denial of service. Exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. This could cause the GIMP application to crash, affecting its stability.",
  "acknowledgement" : "Red Hat would like to thank chamalsl for reporting this issue.",
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "gimp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "gimp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "gimp:2.8/gimp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "gimp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40919\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40919" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-40919",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "To mitigate this vulnerability, users should exercise caution and avoid opening untrusted Seattle Filmworks (.sfw) files with GIMP. Processing untrusted files can trigger the buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}