CVE catalog
CVE-2026-107169
A flaw was found in m17n-lib. An attacker could provide specially crafted or truncated UTF-8 input to trigger an unhandled null pointer dereference during text processing. This issue causes the applic
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.11% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw was found in m17n-lib. An attacker could provide specially crafted or truncated UTF-8 input to trigger an unhandled null pointer dereference during text processing. This issue causes the application to crash unexpectedly, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | m17n-lib | sid | 1.8.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | m17n-lib | forky | 1.8.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | m17n-lib | trixie | 1.8.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | m17n-lib | bookworm | 1.8.0-6 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | m17n-lib | source | sid | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1150458] |
| Debian | m17n-lib | source | forky | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1150458] |
| Debian | m17n-lib | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1150458] |
| Debian | m17n-lib | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1150458] |
Notes
[trixie] m17n-lib: Minor issue [bookworm] m17n-lib: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libm17n-0]Affected
Source package: [m17n-lib]
Details (2)
1.8.0-6· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · bookworm; nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 12
1.8.0-6· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · bookworm; nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 12
- [libm17n-dev]Affected
Source package: [m17n-lib]
Details (2)
1.8.0-6· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · bookworm; nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 12
1.8.0-6· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · bookworm; nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 12
- [m17n-lib-bin]Affected
Source package: [m17n-lib]
Details (2)
1.8.0-6· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · bookworm; nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 12
1.8.0-6· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · bookworm; nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 12
- [m17n-lib-mimx]Affected
Source package: [m17n-lib]
Details (2)
1.8.0-6· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · bookworm; nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 12
1.8.0-6· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · bookworm; nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libm17n-0]Affected
Source package: [m17n-lib]
Details (2)
1.8.5-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 13
1.8.5-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 13
- [libm17n-dev]Affected
Source package: [m17n-lib]
Details (2)
1.8.5-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 13
1.8.5-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 13
- [m17n-lib-bin]Affected
Source package: [m17n-lib]
Details (2)
1.8.5-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 13
1.8.5-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 13
- [m17n-lib-mimx]Affected
Source package: [m17n-lib]
Details (2)
1.8.5-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 13
1.8.5-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · m17n-lib · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107169]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-107169]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-107169]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-107169.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]