LOW 1.9 NVD
CVE-2026-123269
A vulnerability was detected in libyal libvmdk. Affected by this vulnerability is the function libvmdk_descriptor_file_read_header of the file libvmdk/libvmdk_d
A vulnerability was detected in libyal libvmdk. Affected by this vulnerability is the function libvmdk_descriptor_file_read_header of the file libvmdk/libvmdk_descriptor_file.c of the component Descriptor File Parser. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as 175d3fc0a0b961f362f16e7560a6169d7213e16b. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
References
- https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/
- https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/commit/175d3fc0a0b961f362f16e7560a6169d7213e16b
- https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk/issues/41
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/33394231/03_integer_underflow_poc.zip
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-123269
This low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 1.9 was published on 2026-11-06 via NVD.
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