Bug 2560141 - CVE-2026-115504 mingw-cfitsio: cfitsio: arbitrary code execution via crafted FITS file [fedora-rawhide]
Summary: CVE-2026-115504 mingw-cfitsio: cfitsio: arbitrary code execution via crafted ...
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Status: ON_QA
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mingw-cfitsio
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Sandro Mani
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2026-115504
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Reported: 2026-10-23 17:55 UTC by Ronit Dey
Modified: 2026-10-26 02:15 UTC (History)
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Description Ronit Dey 2026-10-23 17:55:44 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

CFITSIO through 4.7.0 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in ffgcls2() in getcols.c that trusts attacker-controlled heap descriptor lengths for variable-length string columns. Attackers can supply a crafted FITS file that overflows a fixed 28,800-byte stack buffer and the caller's string array, enabling arbitrary code execution.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-10-25 21:00:04 UTC
FEDORA-2026-723469d025 (mingw-cfitsio-4.6.4-3.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-723469d025

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-10-25 21:00:07 UTC
FEDORA-2026-5bfcad5462 (mingw-cfitsio-4.6.4-3.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-5bfcad5462

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-10-26 01:58:27 UTC
FEDORA-2026-5bfcad5462 has been pushed to the Fedora 45 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-5bfcad5462`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-5bfcad5462

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-10-26 02:15:11 UTC
FEDORA-2026-723469d025 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-723469d025`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-723469d025

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.


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