Libyal libesedb through 20260704 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libesedb_record_get_multi_value() that allows attackers to read past buffers via unbounded multi-value offset tables. Attackers can supply a crafted ESE/EDB database processed by esedbexport to crash the application or expose up to about 32 KiB of adjacent heap memory.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-16 18:25
- First seenCVSS 6.9NVD modified 2026-10-15 19:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 4
- https://github.com/libyal/libesedb
- https://github.com/libyal/libesedb/blob/cf49b6d420d4a44dcd6355bc0d6b36f9f580f350/libesedb/libesedb_record.c#L3776-L3830
- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libesedb-multi-value-offset-table-oob-read
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libyal-libesedb-through-20260704-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-libesedb-record-get-multi-value