CVE-2019-17545 — GDAL through 3
GDAL through 3.0.1 has a poolDestroy double free in OGRExpatRealloc in ogr/ogr_expat.cpp when the 10MB threshold is exceeded.
Published
2019-10-14T01:07:41.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T01:40:15.927Z
01What is this vulnerability?
GDAL through 3.0.1 has a poolDestroy double free in OGRExpatRealloc in ogr/ogr_expat.cpp when the 10MB threshold is exceeded.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2019-10-14T01:07:41.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:40:15.927Z
09References
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00005.html
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00022.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
- www.oracle.com — https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- github.com — https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/148115fcc40f1651a5d15fa34c9a8c528e7147bb
- bugs.chromium.org — https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16178
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00004.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00040.html
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