Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate 2026-10-07T11:49:20 m17n-lib: Heap use-after-free write in re_init_ic() 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CWE-416

A flaw was found in m17n-lib. A user providing specially crafted text input can trigger a heap use-after-free condition during input-method state transitions. Under specific conditions, the library frees an internal input context object but subsequently attempts to write to that freed memory. This issue can cause applications relying on the library to crash, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS), or potentially allow arbitrary code execution.

A flaw was found in m17n-lib. A user providing specially crafted text input can trigger a heap use-after-free condition during input-method state transitions. Under specific conditions, the library frees an internal input context object but subsequently attempts to write to that freed memory. This issue can cause applications relying on the library to crash, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS), or potentially allow arbitrary code execution.

Red Hat would like to thank Shalitha Madhuwantha for reporting this issue. Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Fix deferred m17n-lib Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Out of support scope m17n-lib Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Fix deferred m17n-lib Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Fix deferred m17n-lib Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Fix deferred m17n-lib https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-107167 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107167