libyal libmsiecf through 20260525 contains a double free vulnerability in libmsiecfurlvaluesreaddata() that allows attackers to corrupt…
CVE-2026-116743
libyal libmsiecf through 20260525 contains a double free vulnerability in libmsiecfurlvaluesreaddata() 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 unknownoffset, crashing forensic tools processing it.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 6.8 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 26 October 2026
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
At the source
References
- https://github.com/libyal/libmsiecf
- https://github.com/libyal/libmsiecf/blob/20260525/libmsiecf/libmsiecf_url_values.c#L824
- https://github.com/libyal/libmsiecf/commit/a99a703d190d62f6c21b6225cf84ce80037e45d5
- https://github.com/libyal/libmsiecf/issues/6
- https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/libmsiecf-url-record-partial-recovery-double-free
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libyal-libmsiecf-through-20260525-double-free-via-libmsiecf-url-values-read-data
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