CVE-2026-8212Public exploit

Local crash via underflowing metadata quote stripping

Published May 9, 2026 · Updated May 9, 2026

Out-of-bounds read in GDAL 3.13.0dev-4 allows local users to crash a GDAL process via a crafted HDF-EOS swath file. SWSDfldsrch strips quotes from an empty FieldList value without checking its length, so strlen(name)-2 underflows and memmove attempts a vast out-of-bounds copy. The flaw is reached when a local user processes the file with the HDF4-EOS driver, terminating the invoked utility rather than the host.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.21%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Out-of-bounds read in GDAL 3.13.0dev-4 allows local users to crash a GDAL process via a crafted HDF-EOS swath file. SWSDfldsrch strips quotes from an empty FieldList value without checking its length, so strlen(name)-2 underflows and memmove attempts a vast out-of-bounds copy. The flaw is reached when a local user processes the file with the HDF4-EOS driver, terminating the invoked utility rather than the host.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-8212
Published
May 9, 2026
Updated
May 9, 2026
Vendor
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Product
GDAL
Classifications
CWE-122, CWE-125, CWE-119
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 9, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=3.13.0dev-4

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Open Source Geospatial Foundation · GDALversion=3.13.0dev-4

Published CVSS scores

4.3VulDB CNAAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.3VulDB CNACVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
5.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1.9VulDB CNACVSS: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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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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