CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-5201

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Mar 31, 2026Sources checked Oct 3, 2026

7.5HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-5201 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

CBL-Mariner Releases Release Notes

Vendor-listed releases

2.42.10-5

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS1.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-5201?

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.