[Pkg-gnome-extras-maintainers] Bug#1150455: eog: CVE-2026-107651

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: eog
Version: 50.3-1
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/eog/-/issues/342

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for eog.

CVE-2026-107651[0]:
| 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-107651
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-107651
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/eog/-/issues/342

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore