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CVE-2026-8212

Published: May 9, 2026

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

Description

A flaw has been found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function SWSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 addresses this issue. This patch is called 3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd. The affected component should be upgraded.

Vendor	Product	Versions
OSGeo	gdal	affected `3.13.0dev-4` unaffected `3.13.0RC1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

VDB-362429 | OSGeo gdal SWapi.c SWSDfldsrch heap-based overflow

vdb-entry

technical-description

VDB-362429 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)

signature

permissions-required

Submit #808127 | OSGeo GDAL 3.13.0dev Out-of-Bounds Read

third-party-advisory

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14398

issue-tracking

https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-swsdfldsrch_oob-read

exploit

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd

patch

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.13.0RC1

patch

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/

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