CVE-2026-49014
Published: 27 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-49014 is a high-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Osgeo Gdal. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 1.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-32039
Vulnerability details
In GDAL 3.1.0 through 3.13.0, scanForGeometryContainers in the netCDF driver allows code execution via a stack-based buffer overflow. It reads a geometry attribute into a fixed-size stack buffer without validating the attribute length. The attacker embeds the exploit as an…
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oversized geometry attribute in a crafted NetCDF file. This achieves arbitrary code execution on the server running GDAL. This is in frmts/netcdf/netcdfsg.cpp.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Stack buffer overflow in NetCDF file parser enables RCE via crafted malicious file, directly mapping to public-facing app exploitation and malicious file user execution.
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Mitigating Controls
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