What is CVE-2026-9500?

CVE-2026-9500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Libredwg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-9500?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Gnu Libredwg

CVE-2026-9500

A vulnerability was found in GNU LibreDWG up to 0.14. The affected element is the function read_2004_compressed_section of the file src/decode.c of the component Dwgread Utility. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based buffer overf…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (2.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Gnu Libredwg — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cna@vuldb.com (technical-description, vdb-entry)
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cna@vuldb.com (third-party-advisory)
cna@vuldb.com (issue-tracking)
cna@vuldb.com (exploit)
cna@vuldb.com (product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-9500?: CVE-2026-9500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Libredwg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-9500?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.