CVE-2026-63272 (GCVE-0-2026-63272)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-22 11:10 – Updated: 2026-09-22 12:28
VLAI
Title
Heap buffer overflow in WMF text record import
Summary
LibreOffice can import WMF graphics, which may be embedded in documents. A heap buffer overflow existed when importing a text record that carries its own character advance widths. The count of advance values and the length of the text were read separately from the file and were not required to agree, so drawing the text walked the advance array by character position and ran past its end when the array was the shorter of the two. In fixed versions an advance array shorter than its text is ignored.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-22 12:28 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Document Fdn. CNA
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 21 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Document Foundation LibreOffice Affected: 26.2 , < < 26.2.5 (26.2 series)
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Date Public
2026-09-21 23:59
Credits
Claude, found by Anthropic using agents to study the security of open-source projects Ada Logics, validating and reporting Caolán McNamara of Collabora Productivity
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