# CVE-2026-111159: libewf through 20260924 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via L01 Extended Attribute Parsing

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-15 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Affected

- libyal libewf: through 20260924

## Description

libewf through 20260924 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libewf_lef_extended_attribute_read_data() because UTF-16 name and value sizes are validated before being doubled. Attackers can supply a crafted .L01/.Lx01 file with oversized 'ea' metadata counts to crash the application or leak uninitialized heap memory through extended attributes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libyal libewf, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libewf-lef-extended-attribute-utf16-size-oob-read
- https://github.com/libyal/libewf/blob/d76fd0bb21601e2969bc88ffdaeb861023f6a5b2/libewf/libewf_lef_extended_attribute.c#L362-L408
- https://github.com/libyal/libewf/blob/d76fd0bb21601e2969bc88ffdaeb861023f6a5b2/libewf/libewf_lef_extended_attribute.c#L456-L560
- https://github.com/libyal/libewf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libewf-through-20260924-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-l01-extended-attribute-parsing

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