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CVE-2019-17545

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17545 is a critical double free vulnerability affecting GDAL versions up to 3.0.1, specifically in the OGRExpatRealloc function, triggered when processing data exceeding a 10MB threshold. This flaw impacts various distributions including Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Oracle, and OSGeo. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a high-severity risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:gdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:spatial_and_graph:12.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:spatial_and_graph:19c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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susepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00022.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / OSGeo/gdal/commit/148115fcc40f1651a5d15fa34c9a8c528e7147bb
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00040.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CB7RRPCQP253XA5MYUOLHLRPKNGKVZNT
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVRC3EBQBFBVQC26XJE3AI3KQXC2NGTP
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Third Party Advisory