MEDIUM 6.6 NVD
CVE-2026-55586
SumatraPDF is a multi-format reader for Windows. In 3.6.1 and earlier, a crafted CHM file can supply malformed LZX Huffman code lengths to make_decode_table in
SumatraPDF is a multi-format reader for Windows. In 3.6.1 and earlier, a crafted CHM file can supply malformed LZX Huffman code lengths to make_decode_table in ext/CHMLib/lzx.c. In the long-code branch, the function writes new internal nodes through next_symbol before validating that the canonical Huffman table has overflowed. The PRETREE case can write beyond the 104-entry PRETREE_table into adjacent heap state in struct LZXstate when reached through chm_open, chm_retrieve_object, LZXdecompress, and BUILD_TABLE. This produces heap memory corruption in the parser process, while arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated. No fixed version is available as of this review.
References
- https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/commit/13b3d4204dd12d93d426f2157b157b149edc
- https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/security/advisories/GHSA-m423-rp8p-whj8
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.6 was published on 2026-08-20 via NVD.
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