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Description

A security flaw has been discovered in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Impacted is the function GDnentries of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/GDapi.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument DataFieldName results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is named 184f77dbcc74118c062c05e464c88161d3c37b9b. You should upgrade the affected component.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-07 | Published 2026-05-07 | Updated 2026-05-08 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS: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
MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
4.3AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Problem types

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Product status

3.13.0dev-4
affected

3.13.0RC1
unaffected

Timeline

2026-05-07:Advisory disclosed
2026-05-07:VulDB entry created
2026-05-07:VulDB entry last update

Credits

biniam (VulDB User) reporter

References

vuldb.com/vuln/361840 (VDB-361840 | OSGeo gdal GDapi.c GDnentries heap-based overflow) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/361840/cti (VDB-361840 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/submit/808039 (Submit #808039 | OSGeo GDAL 3.13.0dev Heap-based Buffer Overflow) third-party-advisory

github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14363 issue-tracking

github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-gdinqfields_bof exploit

github.com/...ommit/184f77dbcc74118c062c05e464c88161d3c37b9b patch

github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.13.0RC1 patch

github.com/OSGeo/gdal/ product

cve.org (CVE-2026-8087)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-8087)

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