CVE-2026-1837

Public on 2026-02-11
Modified on 2026-02-12
Description
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).
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra firefox 2026-03-06 ALAS2FIREFOX-2026-053 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 firefox 2026-03-05 ALAS2023-2026-1469 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 jpegxl 2026-03-05 ALAS2023-2026-1459 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core thunderbird 2026-03-06 ALAS2-2026-3190 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H