CVE-2026-111127

medium

Description

catdoc through 0.95 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in copy_unicode_string() in src/xlsparse.c that allows attackers to read past buffers via an unchecked string character count. Attackers can supply a crafted .xls file declaring 0xFFFF two-byte characters in LABEL, STRING, or SST records to disclose adjacent memory through xls2csv output or crash the process.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/catdoc-through-0.95-out-of-bounds-read-via-xls2csv-copy-unicode-string

https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/catdoc-xls-mulrk-endcol-and-string-count-oob-read

https://github.com/vbwagner/catdoc/blob/38a2807d22ce1a08bc39b94e9072a9f8f52cd86f/src/xlsparse.c#L421-L520

https://github.com/vbwagner/catdoc

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-102358

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-15

Updated: 2026-10-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00129