Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-5201
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Gdk-pixbuf: gdk-pixbuf: denial of service via heap-based buffer overflow when processing a specially crafted jpeg image
CVSS 3.1
7.5High
Official 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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (redhat) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 7.5High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (redhat-SADP) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | All | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | All | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | All | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | All | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
27- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/304
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/04/msg00010.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5201 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453291 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5201.json x_sadp-csaf-vex
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12114 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11325 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10707 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19127 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10741 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11806 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12062 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12115 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12060 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12061 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11326 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11328 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11327 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10708 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19210 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25096 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19724 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19725 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16008 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16030 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16009 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16174 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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Details
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- Last updated
- 2026-11-05
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- redhat
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
66.9%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow