VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-17545
GDAL through 3.0.1 has a poolDestroy double free in OGRExpatRealloc in ogr/ogr_expat.cpp when the 10MB threshold is exceeded.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.58%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GDAL through 3.0.1 has a poolDestroy double free in OGRExpatRealloc in ogr/ogr_expat.cpp when the 10MB threshold is exceeded.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.58% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- osgeo/gdal · oracle/spatial and graph · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/backports sle · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16178Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/148115fcc40f1651a5d15fa34c9a8c528e7147bbPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CB7RRPCQP253XA5MYUOLHLRPKNGKVZNT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVRC3EBQBFBVQC26XJE3AI3KQXC2NGTP/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16178Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/148115fcc40f1651a5d15fa34c9a8c528e7147bbPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CB7RRPCQP253XA5MYUOLHLRPKNGKVZNT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVRC3EBQBFBVQC26XJE3AI3KQXC2NGTP/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.