Bug 2554791 (CVE-2026-112056)

Summary: CVE-2026-112056 wv: wv: Denial of Service via crafted Word document stylesheet
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A flaw was found in wv. When parsing a Microsoft Word document containing malformed stylesheet data, the library fails to properly validate style indexes, leading to a heap-based out-of-bounds read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user or automated service to open a specially crafted document, causing the application to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 12:42:18 UTC
wvWare wv through 1.2.9 contains a heap-based out-of-bounds read vulnerability in wvGetSTSH in stylesheet.c that allows attackers to crash applications by supplying crafted Word stylesheets. Attackers can provide a .doc file with ten or fewer styles or out-of-range style base indexes to read past heap arrays, crashing applications such as AbiWord.