CVE-2026-115504
Received Received - Intake

CFITSIO Out-of-Bounds Write in ffgcls2()

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-115504, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-22

Last updated on: 2026-10-22

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description

CFITSIO through 4.7.0 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in ffgcls2() in getcols.c that trusts attacker-controlled heap descriptor lengths for variable-length string columns. Attackers can supply a crafted FITS file that overflows a fixed 28,800-byte stack buffer and the caller's string array, enabling arbitrary code execution.

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Published
2026-10-22
Last Modified
2026-10-22
Generated
2026-10-23
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
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HEASARC cfitsio 0

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CWE ID Description
CWE-787 The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

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