What is GHSA-qv8f-fvhh-gfqp?

GHSA-qv8f-fvhh-gfqp is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. A flaw was found in GIMP's file-png plugin. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-qv8f-fvhh-gfqp cover?

GHSA-qv8f-fvhh-gfqp covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-6694. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-qv8f-fvhh-gfqp?

GHSA-qv8f-fvhh-gfqp has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-qv8f-fvhh-gfqpMediumCVSS 5.5

A flaw was found in GIMP's file-png plugin. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 3, 2026

Last Modified

August 3, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-6694 →

📋 Description

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6694
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6694
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459779
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv8f-fvhh-gfqp