CVE-2026-1837 HIGH

CVE-2026-1837: libjxl: Out-of-bounds write in grayscale color transformation when using LCMS2

Vendor Google
Product libjxl
Weakness CWE-805
Published February 11, 2026
Last update June 30, 2026

CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A specially-crafted file can cause libjxl's decoder to write pixel data to uninitialized unallocated memory. Soon after that data from another uninitialized unallocated region is copied to pixel data. This can be done by requesting color transformation of grayscale images to another grayscale color space. Buffers allocated for 1-float-per-pixel are used as if they are allocated for 3-float-per-pixel. That happens only if LCMS2 is used as CMS engine. There is another CMS engine available (selected by build flags).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 11, 2026 CVE published
June 30, 2026 Record updated

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