Out-of-bounds read and write in the Count-Min sketch deserialization of Apache DataSketches C++ (repo: datasketches-cpp). (CVE-2026-103634)
Description
Out-of-bounds read and write in the Count-Min sketch deserialization of Apache DataSketches C++ (repo: datasketches-cpp). count_min_sketch::deserialize() did not include the preamble in its input size check, so a truncated sketch could cause a read of up to 16 bytes past the end of the input. In addition, the table size was computed from the serialized number of buckets and number of hash functions in 32-bit arithmetic. A crafted sketch could make it wrap to zero, so that the sketch deserialized with an empty table, and later updates and estimate queries read and wrote outside the heap allocation. This can corrupt heap memory, causing a crash and potentially enabling further exploitation. This issue affects Apache DataSketches C++: from 4.1.0 before 5.3.0. Only applications that deserialize Count-Min sketches from untrusted sources are affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.3.0, which fixes this issue.
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-8255-5x7v-6cgv
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-103634"]
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ada44f14d27ba8daa6a5351
Added to database: 10/22/2026, 17:16:33 UTC
Last updated: 10/22/2026, 17:17:03 UTC
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