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openSUSE Leap 16.0 gdk-pixbuf Important Denial of Service CVE-2026-5201

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 21, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A critical gdk-pixbuf update for openSUSE addresses a denial of service issue, ensuring robust application performance.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for gdk-pixbuf fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-5201: Denial of Service via heap-based buffer overflow when processing a specially crafted JPEG image

(bsc#1261210).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-581=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service important heap overflow gdk-pixbuf OpenSUSE

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

gdk-pixbuf-devel-2.42.12-160000.4.1

gdk-pixbuf-lang-2.42.12-160000.4.1

gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-2.42.12-160000.4.1

gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer-2.42.12-160000.4.1

libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0-2.42.12-160000.4.1

typelib-1_0-GdkPixbuf-2_0-2.42.12-160000.4.1

typelib-1_0-GdkPixdata-2_0-2.42.12-160000.4.1

References

* bsc#1261210

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5201.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20558-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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security advisory denial of service important heap overflow gdk-pixbuf OpenSUSE

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