CVE-2026-111677

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Description

Antiword through 0.37 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in vGet8LstInfo in prop8.c caused by an inverted bounds check on the PlcfLst record count. Attackers can supply a crafted Word 8 .doc file claiming up to 0xffff LSTF records in a tiny buffer, causing reads past the heap allocation that crash the process.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/antiword-through-0.37-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-vget8lstinfo-in-prop8-c

https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/antiword-word8-plcflst-count-and-fkp-run-oob-read

https://github.com/rsdoiel/antiword/blob/fe4b579067122a2d9d62647efb1ee7cfe3ca92bb/prop8.c#L799-L825

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-102968

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-16

Updated: 2026-10-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00196