UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux

GDK-PixBuf vulnerability

USN-8156-1 Published Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2026-5201

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified

Summary

It was discovered that GDK-PixBuf incorrectly handled certain JPEG files. An attacker could use this issue to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Affected Ubuntu releases: 25.10, 24.04, 22.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-5201.

Affected versions

Ubuntu 25.10
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source

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