PiCo: Jailbreaking Multimodal Large Language Models via $\textbf{Pi}$ctorial $\textbf{Co}$de Contextualization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01444v2
• Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:05:25 GMT
• Title: PiCo: Jailbreaking Multimodal Large Language Models via $\textbf{Pi}$ctorial $\textbf{Co}$de Contextualization
• Authors: Aofan Liu, Lulu Tang, Ting Pan, Yuguo Yin, Bin Wang, Ao Yang,
• Abstract summary: We present PiCo, a novel jailbreaking framework designed to bypass multi-tiered defense mechanisms in advanced MLLMs.<n>By embedding harmful intent within code-style visual instructions, PiCo achieves an average Attack Success Rate (ASR) of 84.13% on Gemini-Pro Vision and 52.66% on GPT-4.
• Score: 10.926597202005444
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs), which integrate vision and other modalities into Large Language Models (LLMs), significantly enhance AI capabilities but also introduce new security vulnerabilities. By exploiting the vulnerabilities of the visual modality and the long-tail distribution characteristic of code training data, we present PiCo, a novel jailbreaking framework designed to progressively bypass multi-tiered defense mechanisms in advanced MLLMs. PiCo employs a tier-by-tier jailbreak strategy, using token-level typographic attacks to evade input filtering and embedding harmful intent within programming context instructions to bypass runtime monitoring. To comprehensively assess the impact of attacks, a new evaluation metric is further proposed to assess both the toxicity and helpfulness of model outputs post-attack. By embedding harmful intent within code-style visual instructions, PiCo achieves an average Attack Success Rate (ASR) of 84.13% on Gemini-Pro Vision and 52.66% on GPT-4, surpassing previous methods. Experimental results highlight the critical gaps in current defenses, underscoring the need for more robust strategies to secure advanced MLLMs.

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