# CVE-2026-6040: Heap use-after-free in ODF number-format blank-width parsing

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: < 25.8.7, < 26.2.3
- Published: 2026-06-15 · Updated: 2026-07-23

## Affected

- The Document Foundation LibreOffice: from 25.8, fixed in \< 25.8.7; from 26.2, fixed in \< 26.2.3

## Description

A heap use-after-free existed when importing the blank-width characters of an ODF number format. A position value read from the document was not checked against the length of the format-code string, so a malformed number format could be processed against memory outside that string. In fixed versions the position is bounds-checked before use.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The Document Foundation LibreOffice, upgrade to a fixed version (< 25.8.7, < 26.2.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2026-6040

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