Red Hat GIMP Seattle Filmworks File Loader heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Red Hat GIMP. This affects an unknown function of the component Seattle Filmworks File Loader. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-59087. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat GIMP (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Seattle Filmworks File Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-59087 since 07/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/10/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Image Processing Software

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• Red Hat

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• GIMP

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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