VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-0699
This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or have other unspecified impact via control over malloc.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.32%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A 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.
- 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
- 1.32% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416, CWE-415
- Affected
- osgeo/shapelib
- Source
- patrick@puiterwijk.org
References
- https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib/commit/c75b9281a5b9452d92e1682bdfe6019a13ed819fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib/issues/39Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib/commit/c75b9281a5b9452d92e1682bdfe6019a13ed819fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib/issues/39Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00023.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.