CVE-2026-107651

medium

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.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-95401

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2547986

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107651

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-08

Updated: 2026-10-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00181