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1 vulnerability found for libmsiecf by libyal
CVE-2026-116743 (GCVE-0-2026-116743)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-26 21:52
Modified
2026-10-26 21:52
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-415 - Double Free
Summary
libyal libmsiecf through 20260525 contains a double free vulnerability in libmsiecf_url_values_read_data() that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory via crafted partial URL records. Attackers can supply a crafted MSIE cache index.dat file whose recovered partial record has an oversized unknown_offset, crashing forensic tools processing it.
References
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