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OSGeo GDAL EUVD-2026-28948

| CVE-2026-8212 LOW
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
2026-05-09 VulDB GHSA-r5m4-5vww-w9f5
1.9
CVSS 4.0

CVSS VectorNVD

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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Source Code Evidence Fetched
May 09, 2026 - 23:30 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
May 09, 2026 - 23:30 vuln.today
Severity Changed
May 09, 2026 - 23:22 NVD
MEDIUM LOW
CVSS changed
May 09, 2026 - 23:22 NVD
5.3 (MEDIUM) 1.9 (LOW)
CVE Published
May 09, 2026 - 22:30 nvd
LOW 1.9

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

Heap-based buffer overflow in GDAL's HDF4-EOS SWSDfldsrch function (frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c) allows local authenticated attackers to cause memory corruption through manipulation of malformed HDF4 files. The vulnerability stems from unsafe string manipulation that fails to validate metadata field list format before stripping quotes, enabling out-of-bounds writes. …

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