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libnfs — security advisory
ZDR decoding in libnfs through 6.0.2 before 7613236 has an out-of-bounds write related to lib/libnfs-zdr.c with libnfs_zdr_bytes(), libnfs_zdr_string(), and libnfs_zdr_array(). The caller-supplied maxsize value is not honored.
- Products
- libnfs
- Affected versions
- 1.11.0-2, 1.11.0-3, 1.9.7-2, 1.9.8-1, 2.0.0-1~exp1, 3.0.0-2ubuntu1, 4.0.0-1, 4.0.0-1build1, 4.0.0-1build2, 4.0.0-1ubuntu0.1, 5.0.2-1, 5.0.2-1build1, 5.0.2-1build2, 5.0.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.1, 5.0.2-1ubuntu1, 5.0.2-1ubuntu1.1, 5.0.2-1ubuntu2, 5.0.2-1ubuntu3
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-108985
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ZDR decoding in libnfs through 6.0.2 before 7613236 has an out-of-bounds write related to lib/libnfs-zdr.c with libnfs_zdr_bytes(), libnfs_zdr_string(), and libnfs_zdr_array(). The caller-supplied maxsize value is not honored.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-108985
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Complete source record
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