CVE-2026-16118

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.
Configurations

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History

22 Jul 2026, 19:16

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References () https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdgmime/-/work_items/41 - () https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdgmime/-/work_items/41 -

17 Jul 2026, 20:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-17 20:17

Updated : 2026-07-29 17:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-16118

Mitre link : CVE-2026-16118

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-16118


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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow