What is CVE-2026-107651?

CVE-2026-107651 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-10-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-107651?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

CVE-2026-107651

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-10-08 · last modified 2026-10-09.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107651 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-107651?: CVE-2026-107651 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-10-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-107651?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.