CVE 7.5 HIGH

Zserio: Integer Overflow in BitStreamReader and Unbounded Memory Allocation in Deserialization_CVE-2026-33524

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Zserio is a framework for serializing structured data with a compact and efficient way with low overhead. Prior to 2.18.1, a crafted payload as small as 4-5 bytes can force memory allocations of up to 16 GB, crashing any process with an OOM error (Denial of Service). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.18.1.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-33524
Source GitHub_M
Published Apr 24, 2026 at 18:18

Affected Product

Vendor ndsev
Product zserio
Version < 2.18.1
Affected Versions ndsev zserio < 2.18.1

CWE Classification

References

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