libsoup Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Data URI Decoding

A denial-of-service vulnerability has been identified in libsoup versions prior to 3.6.1. The issue arises in the soup_uri_decode_data_uri() function, which may crash when handling malformed data URIs. This flaw allows attackers to cause a segmentation fault, leading to a denial-of-service condition.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability causes a segmentation fault, crashing the application and creating a denial-of-service condition.