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.
Published: 2026-04-24
Score: 7.5 High
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KEV: No
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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.
Title Zserio: Integer Overflow in BitStreamReader and Unbounded Memory Allocation in Deserialization
Weaknesses CWE-789
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-04-24T18:18:02.913Z

Reserved: 2026-03-20T18:05:11.829Z

Link: CVE-2026-33524

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-24T19:17:09.850

Modified: 2026-04-24T19:17:09.850

Link: CVE-2026-33524

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