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November 5th, 2026 at 4:29 AM

unixODBC <=2.3.14 Rude Truncation via Narrowing Conversion Causes Out-of-Bounds `memcpy`

Posted by Daniel Owens via Fulldisclosure on Nov 04 unixODBC versions <=2.3.14 contain a rude truncation of a 64-bit `SQLLEN` `buffer_length` to a 32-bit `int` without verifying that it produces a valid, positive value. The result is later passed to `memcpy`, causing the information system to crash or, if carefully chosen, enabling attackers to write adjacent memory under certain circumstances (e.g., a buffer length that wraps to a small positive integer or triggers an undersized allocation...

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