Vulnerability · Published May 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-9502GNU LibreDWG Dwgread Utility decode.c decompress_R2004_section heap-based overflow
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in LibreDWG from GNU. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was identified in GNU LibreDWG up to 0.14. This affects the function decompress_R2004_section of the file src/decode.c of the component Dwgread Utility. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The identifier of the patch is e501cb9926c1e9a07a0d1cc997f3e69e9be801c9. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-365484 | GNU LibreDWG Dwgread Utility decode.c decompress_R2004_section heap-based overflow vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-365484 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #814259 | LibreDWG Project LibreDWG <= 0.14, main branch up to commit 6d6a339 (released 2026-04-10) Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/1243 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/libredwg/libredwg_6d6a339_heap_overflow_decompress_R2004_section.dwg exploit
- https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/commit/e501cb9926c1e9a07a0d1cc997f3e69e9be801c9 patch
- https://www.gnu.org/ product