CVE-2026-123199

NameCVE-2026-123199
DescriptioneBook-speaker 6.1.0 through 6.2.0 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in get_attributes() in src/common.c caused by an unbounded strcpy of an element's name attribute. Attackers can craft an EPUB or DAISY book with a name attribute of 511 or more characters to corrupt the stack and crash the reader when opened.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ebook-speaker (PTS)bookworm6.2.0-4+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie6.2.0-6vulnerable
forky, sid6.2.0-7vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ebook-speakersource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

Fixed by: https://github.com/book-readers/ebook-speaker/commit/23b5c86585d7e3c27c932b112f4e36858e70f210

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