CVE-2026-14683
Publication date 6 July 2026
Last updated 6 July 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
A vulnerability was detected in HdrHistogram up to 2.2.2. Affected by this issue is the function org.HdrHistogram.AbstractHistogram.decodeFromCompressedByteBuffer of the file src/main/java/org/HdrHistogram/AbstractHistogram.java. The manipulation of the argument lengthOfCompressedContents results in uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| hdrhistogram | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version:
Base score
1.9 · Low
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Base score
3.3 · Low
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14683
- https://github.com/HdrHistogram/HdrHistogram/issues/219
- https://github.com/HdrHistogram/HdrHistogram/
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-14683
- https://vuldb.com/submit/846750
- https://vuldb.com/submit/846752
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/376279
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/376279/cti