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.

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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.
Title GNU libextractor before 1.15 Stack Overflow via OLE2
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu libextractor
Weaknesses CWE-789
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu libextractor
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T00:35:43.518Z

Reserved: 2026-09-14T23:08:43.492Z

Link: CVE-2026-91752

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T01:16:54.967

Modified: 2026-09-15T01:16:54.967

Link: CVE-2026-91752

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Updated: 2026-09-15T06:45:16Z

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