CVE-2026-109854 (CVSS 2.5)

Description

A flaw was found in m17n-lib. An attacker who supplies crafted input to an application processing ISO-2022 encoded text can cause the library to read uninitialized memory from the stack. If the application exposes or returns the decoded output, this flaw can result in unexpected behavior and limited information disclosure.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

2.5

LOW

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

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0012

Probability of exploitation

0.02%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-457 CWE-457

References

Other References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-109854 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2550285 https://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/m17n/m17n-lib.git/commit/?id=f3b85087f90189f91c04ba1b62c5f0b879ff2b20 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/m17n-list/2026-10/msg00001.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-109854? +

A flaw was found in m17n-lib. An attacker who supplies crafted input to an application processing ISO-2022 encoded text can cause the library to read uninitialized memory from the stack. If the application exposes or returns the decoded output, this flaw can result in unexpected behavior and limited information disclosure. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 2.5 (LOW).

How severe is CVE-2026-109854? +

CVE-2026-109854 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 2.5 out of 10, rated LOW. This is a low-severity vulnerability with limited impact. The EPSS score is 0.0012, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

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