OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4 SWapi.c SWSDfldsrch heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Affected by this issue is the function SWSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-8212. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function SWSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-8212. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 315708 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-8212), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (315708) and EUVD (EUVD-2026-28948). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 315708
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-8212

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: gdal 3.13.0RC1
Patch: 3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd

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05/09/2026 Advisory disclosed
05/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/22/2026 +13 days VulDB entry last update

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Product: github.com

Advisory: 14398
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-8212 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-8212
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-362429
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2026 09:14
Updated: 05/22/2026 05:02
Changes: 05/09/2026 09:14 (61), 05/10/2026 03:20 (1), 05/20/2026 06:17 (41), 05/22/2026 05:02 (2)
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Submitter: biniam
Cache ID: 216::103

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