GHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · Severity: high — A flaw was found in the gdk-pixbuf library. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs...
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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-5201 is rated Moderate Risk (55.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.75%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-07 | 0.87% | 0.75% | -0.12% |
| 2 | 2026-05-26 | 0.74% | 0.87% | +0.12% |
| 3 | 2026-05-24 | — | 0.74% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
GHSA-9pr2-m366-8728 · Severity: high — A flaw was found in the gdk-pixbuf library. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs...
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2026-5201 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gdk-pixbuf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5201 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5201 |
suse
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high | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5201/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-5201 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gdk-pixbuf), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 4, released 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-5201 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | gdk-pixbuf | — | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdk-pixbuf:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 10.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 8.2 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 8.4 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_tus | 8.8 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |