Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gdal package, versions [0,]
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- published8 May 2026
- disclosed7 May 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 7 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-8084 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the SWfinfo() function of the HDF-EOS Grid File Handler componet. An attacker can cause a denial of service by supplying a specially crafted HDF-EOS swath file with an empty or single-character DimList value triggering an out-of-bounds read through local access.