CVE-2026-16118
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
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 Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
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Weaknesses
- CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Workarounds
Do not install a MIME magic file or content from untrusted sources.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16118
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2501732
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdgmime/-/work_items/41
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