CVE-2026-53503

high

Description

Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, Thumbor's filters:convolution(<matrix>, <columns>, <should_normalize>) filter passes the user-controlled <columns> value to a C extension (thumbor/ext/filters/_convolution.c) where it is used as a divisor (for % and /) without validating columns > 0. When columns=0, the C code triggers undefined behavior; on x86_64 this reliably results in a fatal divide-by-zero trap (SIGFPE) and crashes the Thumbor process, causing a remote denial of service. This issue is fixed in 7.8.0.

References

https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/security/advisories/GHSA-cqjp-jf4r-h5q9

https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/releases/tag/7.8.0

https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/commit/447e192e3fb92e64c12e5354a56a4a7133f69d73

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-31

Updated: 2026-07-31

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