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).
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/4549 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1837 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2438974 | |
| https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/4549 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-1837.json |
Configurations
History
30 Jun 2026, 03:17
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| CWE | CWE-787 |
14 Apr 2026, 00:51
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Libjxl Project libjxl
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:libjxl_project:libjxl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CWE | CWE-770 | |
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v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 |
| References | () https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/4549 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch |
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| References | () https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/4549 - |
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Information
Published : 2026-02-11 16:16
Updated : 2026-07-15 02:18
NVD link : CVE-2026-1837
Mitre link : CVE-2026-1837
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-1837
JSON object : View
Products Affected
libjxl_project
- libjxl
