CVE-2026-59087CWE-787

CVE-2026-59087

High · published August 10, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00491 · 41.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-08-10T15:17Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gimp/gimpall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 10:47Z
    Gimp: heap buffer overflow in `file-seattle-filmworks` load — `fread` writes attacker-controlled length into undersized allocation
    cvelistv5