CVE-2026-8087CWE-119CWE-122

OSGeo gdal GDapi.c GDnentries heap-based overflow

Medium · published May 7, 2026

CVSS v4.0
4.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00255 · 16.2th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer; CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-05-07T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 MAY 19:00Z
    OSGeo gdal GDapi.c GDnentries heap-based overflow
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