What is CVE-2026-107170?

CVE-2026-107170 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2026-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-107170?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-107170

A flaw was found in m17n-lib. A partial failure during library initialization can leave an internal driver pointer uninitialized. Under specific error conditions, such as system resource exhaustion or database corruption, an application attempting to open an input method dereferences this null pointer without proper validation. This issue causes the application to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Published 2026-10-07 · last modified 2026-10-07.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107170 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-107170?: CVE-2026-107170 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2026-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-107170?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.