CVE-2026-9503

GNU LibreDWG DWG File decode.c dwg_next_entity null pointer dereference

State: Published
Severity: 4.8 Medium
Published: May 25, 2026
Updated: May 26, 2026
Reserved: May 25, 2026

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in GNU LibreDWG up to 0.14. This impacts the function dwg_next_entity of the file src/decode.c of the component DWG File Handler. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The patch is identified as 8f03865f37f5d4ffd616fef802acc980be54d300. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	4.8 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P	VulDB
3.1	3.3 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C	VulDB
3.0	3.3 Low	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C	VulDB
2.0	1.7 Low	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-404 Denial of Service

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LibreDWGGNU	0.1Affected 0.2Affected 0.3Affected 0.4Affected 0.5Affected 0.6Affected 0.7Affected 0.8Affected 0.9Affected 0.10Affected 0.11Affected 0.12Affected 0.13Affected 0.14Affected

References

VDB-365485 | GNU LibreDWG DWG File decode.c dwg_next_entity null pointer dereferencevdb-entrytechnical-description
VDB-365485 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
Submit #814260 | LibreDWG Project LibreDWG <= 0.14, main branch up to commit 6d6a339 (2026-04-10) NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)third-party-advisory
https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/1245issue-tracking
https://github.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/libredwg/libredwg_6d6a339_heap_oob_write_read_2004_compressed_section.dwgexploit
https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/commit/8f03865f37f5d4ffd616fef802acc980be54d300patch
https://www.gnu.org/product

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