CVE-2026-6694 — Gimp: gimp file-png plugin: denial of service via oversized apng trns chunk

CVE-2026-6694

Gimp: gimp file-png plugin: denial of service via oversized apng trns chunk PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

A flaw was found in GIMP's file-png plugin. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious Animated Portable Network Graphics (APNG) image containing an oversized tRNS chunk. This can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121), causing the file-png plugin to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the user.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	affected

CWE

CWE-120

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6694
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459779

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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