8.2
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-29078
Integer Underflow in Lexbor ISO‑2022‑JP Encoder
Description

Lexbor is a web browser engine library. Prior to 2.7.0, the ISO‑2022‑JP encoder in Lexbor fails to reset the temporary size variable between iterations. The statement ctx->buffer_used -= size with a stale size = 3 causes an integer underflow that wraps to SIZE_MAX. Afterwards, memcpy is called with a negative length, leading to an out‑of‑bounds read from the stack and an out‑of‑bounds write to the heap. The source data is partially controllable via the contents of the DOM tree. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.0.

INFO

Published Date :

March 13, 2026, 7:54 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 13, 2026, 7:54 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update Lexbor to version 2.7.0 or later to fix memory corruption issues.
  • Update Lexbor to version 2.7.0.
  • Apply any available security patches.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/lexbor/lexbor/security/advisories/GHSA-mrwr-xh7f-96v3
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Lexbor is a web browser engine library. Prior to 2.7.0, the ISO‑2022‑JP encoder in Lexbor fails to reset the temporary size variable between iterations. The statement ctx->buffer_used -= size with a stale size = 3 causes an integer underflow that wraps to SIZE_MAX. Afterwards, memcpy is called with a negative length, leading to an out‑of‑bounds read from the stack and an out‑of‑bounds write to the heap. The source data is partially controllable via the contents of the DOM tree. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.0.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CWE CWE-191
    Added Reference https://github.com/lexbor/lexbor/security/advisories/GHSA-mrwr-xh7f-96v3
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