CVE-2026-79902

NameCVE-2026-79902
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1145872

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gimp (PTS)bookworm, bookworm (security)2.10.34-1+deb12u10fixed
trixie (security), trixie3.0.4-3+deb13u10fixed
forky3.2.4-3vulnerable
sid3.2.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gimpsourcebullseye(not affected)
gimpsourcebookworm(not affected)
gimpsourcetrixie(not affected)
gimpsource(unstable)3.2.6-11145872

Notes

[trixie] - gimp <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bookworm] - gimp <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - gimp <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16582
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/commit/fa9503bcc41e41ac0a5ae162a97486c79a7790ce (GIMP_3_2_6)

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