CVE-2026-18090

medium

Description

A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a heap out-of-bounds read by providing a specially crafted Apple Icon Image (.icns) file. The uncompress() function, which handles RLE-encoded ICNS icon data, fails to validate the source buffer's boundaries during decompression. This can lead to a denial of service, where the application crashes, or to information disclosure, potentially revealing sensitive data from adjacent memory.

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/308

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2517751

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18090

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-08

Updated: 2026-09-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00167