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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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