CVE-2026-9500

A vulnerability was found in GNU LibreDWG up to 0.14. The affected element is the function read_2004_compressed_section of the file src/decode.c of the component Dwgread Utility. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/libredwg/libredwg_6d6a339_heap_oob_write_read_2004_compressed_section.dwg
https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/1241
https://vuldb.com/submit/814248
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365482
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365482/cti
https://www.gnu.org/
https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/1241

Configurations

No configuration.

History

26 May 2026, 14:16

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References	~~() https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/1241 -~~	() https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/1241 -

25 May 2026, 21:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-25 21:16

Updated : 2026-05-26 19:54

NVD link : CVE-2026-9500

Mitre link : CVE-2026-9500

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-9500

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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