CVE-2026-22185 (GCVE-0-2026-22185)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-07 20:26 – Updated: 2026-01-08 21:46 Disputed
VLAI?
Title
OpenLDAP <= 2.6.10 LMDB mdb_load Heap Buffer Underflow in readline()
Summary
OpenLDAP Lightning Memory-Mapped Database (LMDB) versions up to and including 0.9.14, prior to commit 8e1fda8, contain a heap buffer underflow in the readline() function of mdb_load. When processing malformed input containing an embedded NUL byte, an unsigned offset calculation can underflow and cause an out-of-bounds read of one byte before the allocated heap buffer. This can cause mdb_load to crash, leading to a limited denial-of-service condition.
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-191 - Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenLDAP Foundation OpenLDAP Affected: 0.9.14 , < 0.9.34 (semver)
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Credits
Ron Edgerson
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