CVE-2026-6040
Heap use-after-free in ODF number-format blank-width parsing
02 Description
Heap use-after-free in ODF number-format blank-width parsing
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 5.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.4 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-25.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-06-15 16:21Z4 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-23 12:08Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-09
- Assigning CNA
- Document Fdn.
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.4)
- CNA CVSS 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
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- beb0b1a756da6d1b9ab442c4821da8b3c792efd7584d0cb8b5b75e5943803344
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.libreoffice.orghttps://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2026-6040
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6040
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2488966https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488966
- security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-6040.json
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- libreoffice Fixed in 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libreoffice Fixed in 4:26.2.3.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- libreoffice Fixed in 4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- libreoffice No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- libreoffice Fixed in 4:26.2.4.2-0ubuntu0.26.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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