CVE-2026-91752

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

Description

GNU libextractor before 1.15 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the process_star_office function that sizes a variable-length stack array from attacker-controlled OLE2 stream data. Attackers can craft malicious StarOffice documents that allocate up to 4 MB on the stack, causing stack overflow and crashing any application extracting metadata from the document.

CWE-789

How to fix

Remediation Available

libextractorDebian

Fixed in:1:1.17-1CVE-2026-91752

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-789 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-30522	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2026-49975	High	7.5	34%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-27533	High	7.5	8.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7651	High	7.5	5.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-31811	Medium	5.5	3.4%	-	-
CVE-2021-27906	Medium	5.5	3.3%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-91752?

Upgrade libextractor on debian unstable to 1:1.17-1 or later.

Is CVE-2026-91752 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-91752 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.41% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 35% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-91752?

CVE-2026-91752 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-91752 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for libextractor (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-09-17.