CVE-2026-5201
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.1%
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 v3.1
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 62th percentile
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- Updated
- 2026-07-15
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- kagancapar/CVE-2026-520113★ · 2026-08-10