CVE-2026-58472

GNU Wget 1.25.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via HTML Attribute Encoding

Published Jul 7, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit dd692d9, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the html_quote_string() function in src/convert.c that allows a remote attacker to trigger memory corruption by supplying a crafted HTML attribute with a large number of characters requiring entity encoding. A server-supplied HTML attribute causes a signed integer counter to overflow during output size accumulation, resulting in an undersized heap allocation and subsequent heap buffer overflow during the copy phase.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8543-1 Wget vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu wget
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu wget
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wget
Wget wget
Vendors & Products Wget
Wget wget
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description GNU Wget through 1.25.0, fixed in commit dd692d9, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the html_quote_string() function in src/convert.c that allows a remote attacker to trigger memory corruption by supplying a crafted HTML attribute with a large number of characters requiring entity encoding. A server-supplied HTML attribute causes a signed integer counter to overflow during output size accumulation, resulting in an undersized heap allocation and subsequent heap buffer overflow during the copy phase.
Title GNU Wget 1.25.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via HTML Attribute Encoding
Weaknesses CWE-190
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Jul 14, 2026, 10:03 PM
Reserved
Jun 30, 2026, 8:20 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 7, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 8:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 7, 2026, 7:50 PM