CVE-2026-107169: NULL Pointer Dereference in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Description
CVE-2026-107169 is a vulnerability in the m17n-lib component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. It involves a NULL pointer dereference triggered by specially crafted or truncated UTF-8 input during text processing. This flaw causes the affected application to crash unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating medium severity. No affected versions or patch information are explicitly provided in the available data.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.2medium
Affected software
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in m17n-lib allows an attacker to cause an unhandled NULL pointer dereference by supplying malformed UTF-8 input. The flaw leads to application crashes and denial of service. The issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, but specific affected versions are not detailed. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires local access with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction, impacting availability only.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service due to application crashes caused by NULL pointer dereference. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The attack requires local access and does not require privileges or user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107169 for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is applied, avoid processing untrusted or malformed UTF-8 input with the affected component.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-07T11:29:09.081Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107169","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 6ac65be92cdf04f656586d72
Added to database: 10/07/2026, 14:49:13 UTC
Last enriched: 10/07/2026, 15:03:29 UTC
Last updated: 10/07/2026, 18:56:12 UTC
Views: 16
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