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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-8212 Detail

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.


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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.9 LOW
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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/ VulDB Product 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd VulDB Patch 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14398 VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking  Mitigation  Patch 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.13.0RC1 VulDB Patch  Release Notes 
https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-swsdfldsrch_oob-read VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/submit/808127 VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/vuln/362429 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/vuln/362429/cti VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-8212
NVD Published Date:
05/09/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/19/2026
Source:
VulDB