CVE-2026-116735
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
libpff through 20260926 contains an off-by-one bounds check in libpff_table_read_6c_record_entries that allows attackers to trigger a heap out-of-bounds read via crafted 6c table record entries. Attackers can supply crafted PST, OST or PAB files to applications like pffexport or pypff to read adjacent heap memory or cause crashes.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-26 22:16:57.677000
Last modified
2026-10-26 22:16:57.677000
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-116735",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-26T22:16:57.677",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T22:16:57.677",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
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"value": "libpff through 20260926 contains an off-by-one bounds check in libpff_table_read_6c_record_entries that allows attackers to trigger a heap out-of-bounds read via crafted 6c table record entries. Attackers can supply crafted PST, OST or PAB files to applications like pffexport or pypff to read adjacent heap memory or cause crashes."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "libyal",
"product": "libpff",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"repo": "https://github.com/libyal/libpff",
"packageURL": "pkg:github/libyal/libpff",
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}
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}
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"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/libyal/libpff",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libyal/libpff/blob/20260926/libpff/libpff_table.c#L5431-L5445",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libyal/libpff/commit/cb83eb38ffdbdfe2c69238fe7ce481ddc8513266",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libyal/libpff/issues/172",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/libpff-table-parsing-oob-reads",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libpff-through-20260926-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-libpff-table-read-6c-record-entries",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}