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CVE-2026-8086

OSGeo gdal SWapi.c SWnentries heap-based overflow

Published: 5/7/2026 Last updated: 5/7/2026 Reserved: 5/7/2026

A vulnerability was identified in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. This issue affects the function SWnentries of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. Such manipulation of the argument DimensionName leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 3.12.4RC1 is capable of addressing this issue. The name of the patch is 9491e794f1757f08063ea2f7a274ad2994afa636. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

CNA assigner: VulDB (1af790b2-7ee1-4545-860a-a788eba489b5) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
4.0 1.9 Low CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.1 4.8 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
3.0 4.8 Medium CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
2.0 3.4 Low CVSS:2.0/AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Opam packages affected (1)

gdal

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
gdal OSGeo 12.x prior to 12.5.5

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