# CVE-2026-55586: SumatraPDF: Heap out-of-bounds write in vendored CHMLib LZX Huffman table construction reachable from crafted CHM files

- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-08-21

## Affected

- sumatrapdfreader sumatrapdf: through 3.6.1rel

## Description

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.

## What to do

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

- https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/security/advisories/GHSA-m423-rp8p-whj8
- https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/commit/13b3d4204dd12d93d426f2157b157b149edc29bf

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