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.
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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title M17n-lib: parser infinite loop on malformed utf-8 in count_utf_8_chars()
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-835
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T14:41:18.595Z

Reserved: 2026-10-07T11:29:09.081Z

Link: CVE-2026-107168

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-07T13:17:20.183

Modified: 2026-10-07T14:47:21.140

Link: CVE-2026-107168

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