HIGH 8.5 NVD
CVE-2026-115504
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 variab
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.
References
- https://gist.github.com/yure1432/98f15c7e8f48dc90ae65646f926aa176
- https://github.com/HEASARC/cfitsio
- https://github.com/HEASARC/cfitsio/commit/579792e0f85bff0c6733ad5ebdf54c3b5c188686
- https://github.com/HEASARC/cfitsio/pull/184
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cfitsio-through-4.7.0-out-of-bounds-write-via-ffgcls2
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.5 was published on 2026-10-22 via NVD.
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