CVE-2026-116743
Received Received - Intake

Double Free in libmsiecf via Malformed MSIE Cache Index.dat

Publication date: 2026-10-26

Last updated on: 2026-10-26

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description
libyal libmsiecf through 20260525 contains a double free vulnerability in libmsiecf_url_values_read_data() that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory via crafted partial URL records. Attackers can supply a crafted MSIE cache index.dat file whose recovered partial record has an oversized unknown_offset, crashing forensic tools processing it.

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Published
2026-10-26
Last Modified
2026-10-26
Generated
2026-10-27
EPSS Evaluated
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CVE-2026-116743

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libyal libmsiecf 0

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CWE ID Description
CWE-415 The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

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