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CVE-2026-107168

M17n-lib: parser infinite loop on malformed utf-8 in count_utf_8_chars() PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

A flaw was found in m17n-lib. By providing crafted input containing an invalid UTF-8 character sequence, an attacker can cause the text parsing function to enter an infinite loop. This issue leads to sustained high CPU utilization, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6unknown
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9affected

CWE

CWE-835

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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