Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-9530GNU LibreDWG Dwgbmp Utility decode.c read_2004_compressed_section out-of-bounds
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity out-of-bounds read in LibreDWG from GNU. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A weakness has been identified in GNU LibreDWG up to 0.14. The impacted element is the function read_2004_compressed_section of the file src/decode.c of the component Dwgbmp Utility. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called 8f03865f37f5d4ffd616fef802acc980be54d300. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-365549 | GNU LibreDWG Dwgbmp Utility decode.c read_2004_compressed_section out-of-bounds vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-365549 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #814275 | LibreDWG Project LibreDWG <= 0.14, main branch up to commit 6d6a339 (2026-04-10) Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/1248 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/libredwg/libredwg_6d6a339_heap_oob_write_read_2004_compressed_section.dwg exploit
- https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/commit/8f03865f37f5d4ffd616fef802acc980be54d300 patch
- https://www.gnu.org/ product