GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-gwq9-9ffj-mvrv snappy-java: Heap buffer overflow in Snappy.uncompress*Array typed-array methods

HIGH Published 2026-10-27 Modified 2026-10-27 Official page ↗
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

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-193 Off-by-one Error weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References