CVE-2026-9501: medium-severity vulnerability in GNU LibreDWG
GNU LibreDWG Dwgread Utility decode.c decompress_R2004_section assertion
Published · Updated
33Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 4.8epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 95% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
A vulnerability was determined in GNU LibreDWG up to 0.14. The impacted element is the function decompress_R2004_section of the file src/decode.c of the component Dwgread Utility. Executing a manipulation can lead to reachable assertion. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called e501cb9926c1e9a07a0d1cc997f3e69e9be801c9. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Affected products
GNU · LibreDWGpublic PoCs found — 1
cve_referencegithub.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/libredwg/libredwg_6d6a339_assert_fail_decompress_R2004_section.dwgunverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
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References
https://github.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/libredwg/libredwg_6d6a339_assert_fail_decompress_R2004_section.dwghttps://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/commit/e501cb9926c1e9a07a0d1cc997f3e69e9be801c9https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/1242https://vuldb.com/submit/814250https://vuldb.com/vuln/365483https://vuldb.com/vuln/365483/ctihttps://www.gnu.org/