CVE-2022-0699 is a critical double-free vulnerability (CWE-415, CWE-416) affecting osgeo shapelib 1.5.0 and older versions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution by manipulating memory allocation. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness and no active exploitation at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:shapelib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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CVE-2022-0699
Jun 11, 2024A double-free condition exists in contrib/shpsort.c of shapelib 1.5.0 and older releases. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or have other unspecified impact via control over malloc.
Oct 11, 2022