DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111159

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-111159
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111159.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111159
Upstream
Published
2026-10-15T19:17:30Z
Modified
2026-10-16T07:00:06Z
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

libewf through 20260924 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libewf_lef_extended_attribute_read_data() because UTF-16 name and value sizes are validated before being doubled. Attackers can supply a crafted .L01/.Lx01 file with oversized 'ea' metadata counts to crash the application or leak uninitialized heap memory through extended attributes.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / libewf

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
20140813-1
20140814-1
20140816-1
20140816-2
20171104-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111159.json"

Debian:13 / libewf

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
20140816-1
20140816-2
20171104-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111159.json"

Debian:14 / libewf

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
20140816-1
20140816-2
20171104-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111159.json"