CVE-2026-91752
Publication date 15 September 2026
Last updated 17 September 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
GNU libextractor before 1.15 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the process_star_office function that sizes a variable-length stack array from attacker-controlled OLE2 stream data. Attackers can craft malicious StarOffice documents that allocate up to 4 MB on the stack, causing stack overflow and crashing any application extracting metadata from the document.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| libextractor | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version:
Base score
8.7 · High
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base score
7.5 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-91752
- https://github.com/Haitam-lazaar/libextractor-ole2-rce
- https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet/libextractor/commit/04004eb19033e093938138b09befdf31e71e8522.html
- https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet/libextractor/commit/2781c7e9095f4ddaff4f535d69342f3903b18422.html
- https://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gnu-libextractor-before-1.15-stack-overflow-via-ole2