---
id: CVE-2026-108094
title: >-
  A use-after-free flaw was found in mutter in the Wayland color-management ICC
  image-description path
summary: >-
  A use-after-free flaw was found in mutter in the Wayland color-management ICC
  image-description path. A local attacker who can run a malicious Wayland
  client can destroy a wp_image_description_v1 resource while an asynchronous
  ICC file r…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-416
published: '2026-10-12'
updated: '2026-10-12'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-12T15:17:07.080'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108094'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-108094'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2549511'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-12T15:55:08.156Z'
---

## Overview

A use-after-free flaw was found in mutter in the Wayland color-management ICC image-description path. A local attacker who can run a malicious Wayland client can destroy a wp_image_description_v1 resource while an asynchronous ICC file read is still in progress. When the read completes, the compositor uses the freed wl_resource, writes into freed memory, and frees a pointer derived from that memory. This can crash the GNOME session and may allow arbitrary code execution within the compositor process.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.