CVE-2026-116743
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.8
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-26 22:16:58.823000
Last modified
2026-10-26 22:16:58.823000
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-116743",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-26T22:16:58.823",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T22:16:58.823",
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}
],
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{
"source": "[email protected]",
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"vendor": "libyal",
"product": "libmsiecf",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"repo": "https://github.com/libyal/libmsiecf",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/libyal/libmsiecf",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libyal/libmsiecf/blob/20260525/libmsiecf/libmsiecf_url_values.c#L824",
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"url": "https://github.com/libyal/libmsiecf/commit/a99a703d190d62f6c21b6225cf84ce80037e45d5",
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"url": "https://github.com/libyal/libmsiecf/issues/6",
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{
"url": "https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/libmsiecf-url-record-partial-recovery-double-free",
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}