An exploitable Stack Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in the EnumMetaInfo function of Aspose Aspose.Words library, version 18.11.…

published 2019-08-21 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-14648

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.3%; EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits: 0; none known

An exploitable Stack Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in the EnumMetaInfo function of Aspose Aspose.Words library, version 18.11.0.0. A specially crafted doc file can cause a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in remote code execution. An attacker needs to provide a malformed file to the victim to trigger this vulnerability.

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Exploit prediction

3.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Aspose

Classification

Weakness

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0805
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-5041
NVD CVE-2019-5041

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