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antiword — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111677

Antiword through 0.37 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in vGet8LstInfo in prop8.c caused by an inverted bounds check on the PlcfLst record count. Attackers can supply a crafted Word 8 .doc file claiming up to 0xffff LSTF records in a tiny buffer, causing reads past the heap allocation that crash the process.

Products
antiword
Affected versions
0.37-16, 0.37-17, 0.37-18
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-111677
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111677

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2026, 18:17 UTC

Antiword through 0.37 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in vGet8LstInfo in prop8.c caused by an inverted bounds check on the PlcfLst record count. Attackers can supply a crafted Word 8 .doc file claiming up to 0xffff LSTF records in a tiny buffer, causing reads past the heap allocation that crash the process.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111677

antiword

Fixed versions: Not specified

antiword

Fixed versions: Not specified

antiword

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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