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CVE-2026-25780 (GCVE-0-2026-25780)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-16 12:59 – Updated: 2026-03-16 13:49
VLAI
Title
Memory Exhaustion via Malformed DOC File Upload
Summary
Mattermost versions 11.3.x <= 11.3.0, 11.2.x <= 11.2.2, 10.11.x <= 10.11.10 fail to bound memory allocation when processing DOC files which allows an authenticated attacker to cause server memory exhaustion and denial of service via uploading a specially crafted DOC file.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00581
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-16 13:41 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://mattermost.com/security-updates vendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mattermost Mattermost Affected: 11.3.0 , ≤ 11.3.0 (semver)
Affected: 11.2.0 , ≤ 11.2.2 (semver)
Affected: 10.11.0 , ≤ 10.11.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 11.4.0
Unaffected: 11.3.1
Unaffected: 11.2.3
Unaffected: 10.11.11
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Credits
Juho Forsén
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