CVE-2026-5201: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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.
CVE-2026-5201: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-31T07:20:49.961Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69cb8b7de6bfc5ba1df48225
Added to database: 3/31/2026, 8:53:17 AM
Last updated: 3/31/2026, 8:53:39 AM
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