ELA-1873-1 antiword security update

heap out-of-bounds write

2026-10-30
Packageantiword
Version0.37-11+deb9u1 (stretch), 0.37-14+deb10u1 (buster), 0.37-16+deb11u1 (bullseye)


Several issues have been found in antiword, a tool to converts MS Word files to text, PS, PDF and XML. Unfortunately no issue has been assigned a CVE id yet. The issues are related to heap out-of-bounds write in several parts of the software or integer divide by zero.



For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 0.37-14+deb10u1.

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 0.37-16+deb11u1.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 0.37-11+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your antiword packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.