CVE-2026-5201
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.87%
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.
How to fix CVE-2026-5201
To remediate CVE-2026-5201, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u5 or later
Is CVE-2026-5201 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |