Vulnerability · Published Dec 31, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45943
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the gdal package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 25.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
GDAL 3.3.0 through 3.4.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in PCIDSK::CPCIDSKFile::ReadFromFile (called from PCIDSK::CPCIDSKSegment::ReadFromFile and PCIDSK::CPCIDSKBinarySegment::CPCIDSKBinarySegment).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | gdal | 3.4.1+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45943 |
| Debian:13 | gdal | 3.4.1+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45943 |
| Debian:14 | gdal | 3.4.1+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45943 |
| PyPI | gdal | 3.4.1 | PYSEC-2022-43065 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/gdal/OSV-2021-1651.yaml
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=41993
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/1ca6a3e5168c200763fa46d8aa7e698d0b757e7e
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/4944
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220112 [SECURITY] [DLA 2877-1] gdal security update mailing-list
- FEDORA-2022-e85e37206b vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-cffca5dbf4 vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- DSA-5239 vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220930 [SECURITY] [DLA 3129-1] gdal security update mailing-list
- GLSA-202210-15 vendor-advisory