CVE-2026-109854
M17n-lib: uninitialized stack read in iso-2022 compound text utf-8 decoding
02 Description
M17n-lib: uninitialized stack read in iso-2022 compound text utf-8 decoding
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 1.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 2.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-13 09:16Z16 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16 21:40Z12 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-13
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 2.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-457Use of Uninitialized VariableVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 2e4a5d03d42abda836c1d443a91ac29b646942565fdd41525284787eb40cf503
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-109854
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2550285https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2550285
- cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.orghttps://cgit.git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/m17n/m17n-lib.git/commit/?id=f3b85087f90189f91c04ba1b62c5f0b879ff2b20
- lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/m17n-list/2026-10/msg00001.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- m17n-lib No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- m17n-lib No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- m17n-lib Fixed in 1.8.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- m17n-lib No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- m17n-lib No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- m17n-lib No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- m17n-lib No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- m17n-lib No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- m17n-lib No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- m17n-lib No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.