CVE-2026-111159
CVE-2026-111159 · libewf through 20260924 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via L01 Extended Attribute Parsing
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libewf through 20260924 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libewf_lef_extended_attribute_read_data() because UTF-16 name and value sizes are validated before being doubled. Attackers can supply a crafted .L01/.Lx01 file with oversized 'ea' metadata counts to crash the application or leak uninitialized heap memory through extended attributes.
CVSS 6.9 · Medium · EPSS 0.1%
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
libewf
- Versions
- ≥ 0, ≤ 20260924: Affected (custom)
No fix published
libewf Debian:12
- Versions
- 20140813-1
- 20140814-1
- 20140816-1
- 20140816-2
- 20171104-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libewf Debian:13
- Versions
- 20140816-1
- 20140816-2
- 20171104-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libewf Debian:14
- Versions
- 20140816-1
- 20140816-2
- 20171104-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libewf Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 20140608-6
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libewf Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 20140608-6
- 20140608-6.1
- 20140608-6.1build1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libewf Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 20140804-1
- 20140807-1
- 20140807-2
- 20140807-2build1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libewf Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 20140807-2build2
- 20140807-2ubuntu1
- 20140807-2ubuntu2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libewf Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
- Versions
- 20140814-1
- 20140814-1build1
- 20140814-1build2
- 20140814-1build3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libewf Ubuntu:26.10
- Versions
- 20140816-2build1
- 20140816-2build2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libewf Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
- Versions
- 20140816-1build1
- 20140816-2
- 20140816-2build1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
Original sources
- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libewf-lef-extended-attribute-utf16-size-oob-read
- https://github.com/libyal/libewf/blob/d76fd0bb21601e2969bc88ffdaeb861023f6a5b2/libewf/libewf_lef_extended_attribute.c#L362-L408
- https://github.com/libyal/libewf/blob/d76fd0bb21601e2969bc88ffdaeb861023f6a5b2/libewf/libewf_lef_extended_attribute.c#L456-L560
- https://github.com/libyal/libewf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libewf-through-20260924-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-l01-extended-attribute-parsing
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111159