Critical severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-39919
Ghostscript < 10.08.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via JPEG 2000 Output Adapter
9.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Ghostscript before 10.08.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the JPEG 2000 output adapter (base/sjpx_openjpeg.c) that allows attackers to cause memory corruption by supplying a crafted PDF containing a JPEG 2000 image with mismatched component subsampling factors. When image components declare different subsampling values, the non-samescale sub-byte-depth output path allocates a row buffer sized for packed output but writes a full byte per output column regardless of bit depth, overflowing the allocation and corrupting internal chunk-allocator metadata to achieve code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex Software
before 10.08.0 · source: vendor
In the news
VulnerabilityCritical
Ghostscript flaw lets hackers hijack servers via PDF uploads
A critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-39919) in the Ghostscript interpreter and rendering engine could allow remote code execution through specially crafted PDF files. [...]
Oct 13, 2026·BleepingComputer
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39919
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-39919
release-notes
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs10080
patch
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/commit/0a8bf88e39db07b0751a58d6ec1cf992073e4dc1
issue-tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709666
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghostscript-heap-buffer-overflow-via-jpeg-2000-output-adapter
