CVE-2026-126048: Gwenhywfar 4.99.8beta before 5.14.2 Stack Buffer Overflow via GWEN_TLV_Buffer_To_DB()

Published Nov 10, 2026
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Updated

Gwenhywfar 4.99.8beta before 5.14.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow in GWENTLVBufferToDB() in src/parser/tlv.c when decoding BER-TLV tags into a fixed 128-byte buffer. Attackers can supply a record with about 127 or more tag continuation bytes or a truncated multi-byte tag, such as via a malicious chip card's EFSSD file read by libchipcard's ZKA driver, to crash the application.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Gwenhywfar to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 5.14.2

Event History

Nov 10, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:58 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:58 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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