Linuxsecurity Multiple Vulnerabilities in catdoc Affecting Document Processing
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- •catdoc vulnerabilities include integer overflows and underflows.
- •Three CVEs (CVE-2024-48877, CVE-2024-52035, CVE-2024-54028) published on June 2, 2025.
- •Users of multiple Ubuntu LTS versions must update to avoid potential exploitation.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, affecting various Ubuntu versions. The vulnerabilities include integer overflows and an integer underflow when processing malformed spreadsheet and document files, potentially allowing attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. The specific CVEs are CVE-2024-48877, CVE-2024-52035, and CVE-2024-54028, all published on June 2, 2025. Affected Ubuntu versions include 24.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, and 16.04 LTS. Users are advised to update their systems to mitigate these vulnerabilities. The issue was disclosed on September 28, 2026, with a patch available for users. The vulnerabilities were confirmed by CISA and are considered serious due to the potential for remote code execution.
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