CVE-2026-8212

Publication date 9 May 2026

Last updated 24 September 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gdal 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 3.12.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.8.4+dfsg-3ubuntu3+esm1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.0.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.2.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.10.1+dfsg-5ubuntu1+esm3

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 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

Base score 5.3 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-8812-1
    • GDAL vulnerabilities
    • 24 September 2026

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