CVE-2026-107651

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5

Description

A flaw was found in Eye of GNOME (eog). A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the PNG metadata reader due to improper state handling when parsing split metadata chunks. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by enticing a user into opening a specially crafted PNG file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service (DoS) via application crash.

Timeline

Published:October 8th, 2026 11:16 PM

Last modified:November 5th, 2026 4:17 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107651
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2547986

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute