Red HatCVE-2026-16118
Red Hat xdgmime: heap buffer overflow
No fix yet
A flaw was found in xdgmime. A heap-based buffer overflow can be triggered in _xdg_mime_magic_parse_magic_line() in the xdgmimemagic.c file on little-endian systems when an attacker-controlled MIME magic file in a user-writable XDG data location (e.g., in the $XDG_DATA_HOME/mime/magic path) is parsed by an application performing MIME type detection (e.g., via g_content_type_guess()). When performing byte-swap, incorrect pointer arithmetic on the write side causes an out-of-bounds write of 2 bytes, resulting in an application crash or memory corruption.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| xdgmime Product | all versions | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-122
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16118
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16118
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