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CVE-2019-17545

Double Free

Published: Oct 14, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17545
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

GDAL through 3.0.1 has a poolDestroy double free in OGRExpatRealloc in ogr/ogr_expat.cpp when the 10MB threshold is exceeded.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GdalOsgeo*3.0.1 (including)
GdalUbuntubionic*
GdalUbuntudisco*
GdalUbuntueoan*
GdalUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
GdalUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
GdalUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
GdalUbuntutrusty*
GdalUbuntutrusty/esm*
GdalUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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