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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 ?
Assigner
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Impacted products
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Affected:
0.9.14 , < 0.9.34
(semver)
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Credits
Ron Edgerson
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