CVE-2026-103634
Published:October 22, 2026
Updated:November 04, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/apache/datasketches-cpp.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=4.1.0-rc1 <5.3.0 || >=5.0.0-rc1 <5.3.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.3.0Related Resources (6)
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Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
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User Interaction
NONE
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Vulnerable System Availability
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
UNCHANGED
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NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
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