Heap buffer overflow in the HLL sketch deserialization of Apache DataSketches C++ (repo: datasketches-cpp).

When deserializing a sketch in LIST mode, from either a byte buffer or a stream, the coupon count was read from the input and used as the number of entries to copy into a fixed buffer of 8 entries, without checking it against the buffer's capacity. A crafted sketch could cause a write of up to 988 bytes past the end of this internal heap buffer. This can corrupt heap memory, causing a crash and potentially enabling further exploitation.

This issue affects Apache DataSketches C++: from 1.0.0-incubating before 5.3.0. Only applications that deserialize HLL sketches from untrusted sources are affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.3.0, which fixes this issue.
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Description Heap buffer overflow in the HLL sketch deserialization of Apache DataSketches C++ (repo: datasketches-cpp). When deserializing a sketch in LIST mode, from either a byte buffer or a stream, the coupon count was read from the input and used as the number of entries to copy into a fixed buffer of 8 entries, without checking it against the buffer's capacity. A crafted sketch could cause a write of up to 988 bytes past the end of this internal heap buffer. This can corrupt heap memory, causing a crash and potentially enabling further exploitation. This issue affects Apache DataSketches C++: from 1.0.0-incubating before 5.3.0. Only applications that deserialize HLL sketches from untrusted sources are affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.3.0, which fixes this issue.
Title Apache DataSketches: datasketches-cpp: HLL CouponList Deserialization Buffer Overflow allows memory corruption via a crafted sketch
Weaknesses CWE-122
CWE-1284
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-10T12:10:48.955Z

Reserved: 2026-09-30T17:29:03.761Z

Link: CVE-2026-103501

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-10T11:17:34.853

Modified: 2026-10-10T13:17:30.870

Link: CVE-2026-103501

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Updated: 2026-10-10T11:30:19Z

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