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CVE-2026-59087

Gimp: heap buffer overflow in `file-seattle-filmworks` load — `fread` writes attacker-controlled length into undersized allocation

7.8 HighFix available

A flaw was found in the GIMP image manipulation program, specifically within its Seattle Filmworks file loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. This could lead to a heap overflow, allowing the attacker to write several kilobytes of controlled data beyond the intended memory buffer. Such an overflow can result in memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.49%Up 0.3 points since Aug 11, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.8

Gimp: heap buffer overflow in `file-seattle-filmworks` load — `fread` writes attacker-controlled length into undersized allocation

A flaw was found in the GIMP image manipulation program, specifically within its Seattle Filmworks file loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. This could lead to a heap overflow, allowing the attacker to write several kilobytes of controlled data beyond the intended memory buffer. Such an overflow can result in memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

Record
CVE-2026-59087
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-55165 7.8

A flaw was found in the GIMP image manipulation program, specifically within its Seattle Filmworks file loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. This could lead to a heap overflow, allowing the attacker to write several kilobytes of controlled data beyond the intended memory buffer. Such an overflow can result in memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

Record
EUVD-2026-55165
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-05
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hh4m-xc2h-qj94 7.8

A flaw was found in the GIMP image manipulation program, specifically within its Seattle...

A flaw was found in the GIMP image manipulation program, specifically within its Seattle Filmworks file loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. This could lead to a heap overflow, allowing the attacker to write several kilobytes of controlled data beyond the intended memory buffer. Such an overflow can result in memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

Record
GHSA-hh4m-xc2h-qj94
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.8

A flaw was found in the GIMP image manipulation program, specifically within its Seattle Filmworks file loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. This could lead to a heap overflow, allowing the attacker to write several kilobytes of controlled data beyond the intended memory buffer. Such an overflow can result in memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

Record
CVE-2026-59087
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-05
OSV 7.8

Gimp: heap buffer overflow in `file-seattle-filmworks` load — `fread` writes attacker-controlled length into undersized allocation

A flaw was found in the GIMP image manipulation program, specifically within its Seattle Filmworks file loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. This could lead to a heap overflow, allowing the attacker to write several kilobytes of controlled data beyond the intended memory buffer. Such an overflow can result in memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

Record
CVE-2026-59087
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-59087 7.8

A flaw was found in the GIMP image manipulation program, specifically within its Seattle Filmworks file loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. This could lead to a heap overflow, allowing the attacker to write several kilobytes of controlled data beyond the intended memory buffer. Such an overflow can result in memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59087
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVOESA-2026-3245 7.8

gimp security update

GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes. Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done. You can further enhance your productivity with GIMP thanks to many customization options and 3rd party plugins.

Security Fix(es):

(CVE-2026-59087)

(CVE-2026-59088)

A flaw was found in the file-sgi plugin in GIMP. When processing an RLE-compressed SGI image, the plugin allocates memory for a row table. The image header dimensions (ysize and zsize) are read as 16-bit unsigned integers. If a crafted file sets both dimensions to their maximum value (65535), the multiplication ysize * zsize overflows the standard 32-bit int boundary before being passed to calloc. This integer overflow issue results in undefined behavior, aborting the plugin and causing a denial of service.(CVE-2026-66757)

A flaw was found in the file-fits plugin in GIMP. When processing a FITS image file, the plugin calculates memory allocation sizes using signed 32-bit integers for width and height. If a crafted file sets both values to large values, their product exceeds 2^31 and overflows, resulting in an undersized heap-based buffer allocation. This integer overflow issue results in a heap-based buffer overflow when cfitsio subsequently writes a full row of pixels in the buffer, causing memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.(CVE-2026-66758)

A flaw was found in the file-icns plugin in GIMP. When applying a decompressed mask during ICNS image processing, the plugin reads from the mask data buffer without verifying if the cursor exceeds the allocated resource size. If a crafted file contains a truncated mask resource, the icns_decompress function continues reading past the bounds of the buffer. This out-of-bounds read vulnerability results in information disclosure of heap contents, where memory contents are leaked as alpha channel pixel values, or a crash leading to a denial of service if unmapped memory is accessed.(CVE-2026-66759)

Record
OESA-2026-3245
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-59087 7.8

A flaw was found in the GIMP image manipulation program, specifically within its Seattle Filmworks file loader. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Seattle Filmworks file. This could lead to a heap overflow, allowing the attacker to write several kilobytes of controlled data beyond the intended memory buffer. Such an overflow can result in memory corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59087
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11547-1 No score

gimp-3.2.4-4.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the gimp-3.2.4-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11547-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
gimp
Debian:14
before 3.2.6-1, plus listed versions
3.0.4-33.0.4-43.0.4-53.0.4-63.0.4-6.1
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3.0.4-6.23.0.6-13.2.0-13.2.0~RC2-13.2.0~RC2-23.2.0~RC2-33.2.0~RC2-3.13.2.0~RC2-3.23.2.0~RC2-3.33.2.0~RC3-13.2.2-13.2.4-13.2.4-23.2.4-3
3.2.6-1
gimp
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 3.2.4-5.oe2403sp4
3.2.4-5.oe2403sp4
gimp
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.8.14-1ubuntu22.8.14-1.2ubuntu12.8.16-1ubuntu12.8.16-1ubuntu1.12.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm12.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm22.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3
None known
gimp
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.8.20-12.8.20-1.12.8.20-22.8.22-12.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm12.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm22.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
None known
gimp
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.10.8-22.10.14-22.10.14-2build12.10.14-2ubuntu12.10.14-3
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2.10.18-12.10.18-1ubuntu0.12.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm12.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm22.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
None known
gimp
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.10.24-22.10.28-12.10.30-12.10.30-1build12.10.30-1ubuntu0.12.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm12.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm22.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
None known
gimp
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.10.34-12.10.36-12.10.36-22.10.36-3build22.10.36-3build3
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2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.12.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm12.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm22.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm3
None known
gimp
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
3.2.2-13.2.4-13.2.4-23.2.4-33.2.6-1
None known
gimp
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.0.4-6.13.0.4-6.23.0.6-13.2.0~RC2-23.2.0~RC2-3
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3.2.0~RC2-3.13.2.0~RC2-3.23.2.0~RC2-3.33.2.0~RC3-13.2.0-13.2.2-13.2.2-1ubuntu0.26.04.1
None known
gimp
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 3.2.4-4.1
3.2.4-4.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affectedNVD, OSV
factsEUVD
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-59087 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Gimp, published August 7, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. Fixed in gimp 3.2.6-1.

References

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