The vulnerability stems from uncontrolled memory allocation during Avro data block processing. Avro's block-based format includes a header with record count and size. The Reader's read_block function would be responsible for parsing this header and allocating memory for records. Without validation of these values (e.g., maximum allowed records/size), a malicious block with a large count would force the SDK to allocate proportional memory, matching CWE-770's pattern. The high confidence comes from: 1) The vulnerability's direct association with Reader memory consumption 2) The critical role of block reading in Avro's architecture 3) The CWE-770 alignment with unvalidated block size/count parsing.