GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-gwq9-9ffj-mvrv snappy-java: Heap buffer overflow in Snappy.uncompress*Array typed-array methods
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-93451
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-193, CWE-787
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-27
Affected packages
• Maven org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java: < 1.1.10.9 → fixed in 1.1.10.9
Description
Impact
`Snappy.uncompressCharArray`, `uncompressShortArray`, `uncompressIntArray`, `uncompressLongArray`, `uncompressFloatArray` and `uncompressDoubleArray` sized the result array by dividing the declared uncompressed byte length by the element size, but native code wrote the full byte length. If the declared length is not a multiple of the element size, up to 7 bytes are written past the end of the Java array, corrupting the heap.
Patches
Fixed in 1.1.10.9 (#739). These methods now reject uncompressed lengths that are not a multiple of the element size with `SnappyIOException`.
Workarounds
Check that `Snappy.uncompressedLength(input)` is a multiple of the element size before calling these methods.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-93451 snappy-java through 1.1.10.8 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in typed Snappy.uncompress*Array methods that allocate output arrays… vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/security/advisories/GHSA-gwq9-9ffj-mvrv web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93451 advisory
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/issues/729 web
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/pull/739 web
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/commit/943c6043a292568575e8347af4507d015e802c75 web
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java package
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/v1.1.10.8/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/Snappy.java#L802 web
- https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/releases/tag/v1.1.10.9 web
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snappy-java-through-1.1.10.8-buffer-overflow-via-typed-uncompress-methods web