Description
A weakness has been identified in nschloe meshio up to 5.3.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the file meshio/_vtk_42.py of the component VTK Reader. Executing a manipulation of the argument DIMENSIONS can lead to uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack can be executed remotely. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Published: 2026-10-28
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A weakness has been identified in nschloe meshio up to 5.3.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the file meshio/_vtk_42.py of the component VTK Reader. Executing a manipulation of the argument DIMENSIONS can lead to uncontrolled memory allocation. The attack can be executed remotely. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title nschloe meshio VTK Reader _vtk_42.py memory allocation
First Time appeared Nschloe
Nschloe meshio
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-789
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nschloe:meshio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nschloe
Nschloe meshio
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T23:45:18.675Z

Reserved: 2026-10-28T16:17:16.147Z

Link: CVE-2026-118589

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-29T00:17:26.320

Modified: 2026-10-29T00:17:26.320

Link: CVE-2026-118589

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T01:30:09Z

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