A vulnerability was identified in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. This issue affects the function SWnentries of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. Such manipulation of the argument DimensionName leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 3.12.4RC1 is capable of addressing this issue. The name of the patch is 9491e794f1757f08063ea2f7a274ad2994afa636. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/9491e794f1757f08063ea2f7a274ad2994afa636 Patch
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14356 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/14361 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14356 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 1.9 · osgeoNVD modified 2026-10-25 23:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:gdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:gdal:3.13.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:gdal:3.13.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 11
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/ Product
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/9491e794f1757f08063ea2f7a274ad2994afa636 Patch
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14356 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/14361 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.12.4RC1 Release Notes
- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-swinqdims_bof Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/submit/808038 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/361839 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/361839/cti Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14356 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/submit/808038 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry