DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111127

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-111127
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111127.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111127
Upstream
Published
2026-10-15T19:17:26Z
Modified
2026-10-16T06:00:07Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:12 / catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/catdoc?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.95-5
1:0.95-6~deb12u1
1:0.95-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111127.json"

Debian:13 / catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/catdoc?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.95-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111127.json"

Debian:14 / catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/catdoc?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.95-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111127.json"