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GNU libextractor before 1.15 Stack Overflow via OLE2

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

GNU libextractor before 1.15 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the process_star_office function that sizes a variable-length stack array from attacker-controlled OLE2 stream data. Attackers can craft malicious StarOffice documents that allocate up to 4 MB on the stack, causing stack overflow and crashing any application extracting metadata from the document.

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CVE-2026-91752

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-91752

libextractor

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "GNU",
    "product": "libextractor",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "1.15",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-91752

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#1665 · Revision 1
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