CVE-2026-6694

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-08-03 Modified: 2026-11-05 First seen: 2026-11-05 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (4)

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.20%
Raw Score 0.002020
Percentile 10.3%
Date 2026-11-14

EPSS Trend

2026-11-14
0.00202
2026-11-13
0.00202
2026-11-12
0.00202
2026-11-10
0.00202
2026-11-09
0.00202
2026-11-08
0.00202
2026-11-07
0.00202
2026-11-06
0.00202
2026-11-05
0.00202

Intelligence Sources

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