CVE-2026-5201

high

Description

A flaw was found in the gdk-pixbuf library. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs in the JPEG image loader due to improper validation of color component counts when processing a specially crafted JPEG image. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw without user interaction, for example, via thumbnail generation. Successful exploitation leads to application crashes and denial of service (DoS) conditions.

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/304

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453291

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5201

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-31

Updated: 2026-03-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00089