---
title: "CVE-2026-108094: Mutter - Use After Free"
description: "Mutter contains a use-after-free vulnerability caused by asynchronous ICC file read handling in the Wayland color-management ICC image-description path, letting local attackers executing malicious Wayland clients cause crashes or arbitrary code execution."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-108094/
---

# CVE-2026-108094 Mutter - Use After Free

Mutter contains a use-after-free vulnerability caused by asynchronous ICC file read handling in the Wayland color-management ICC image-description path, letting local attackers executing malicious Wayland clients cause crashes or arbitrary code execution.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.14% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108094)

## Details

Type

Use After Free

Impact

Remote Code Execution, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

12 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-416](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Mutter containing the fix.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108094](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108094)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-108094](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-108094)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2549511](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2549511)

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