Vulnerability · Published Apr 7, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-29480
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity buffer overflow in the gdal package (Alpine). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in gdal 3.10.2 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the OGRSpatialReference::Release function. NOTE: the Supplier indicates that the report is invalid and could not be reproduced.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.21 | gdal | 3.10.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-29480 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | gdal | 3.10.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-29480 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | gdal | 3.10.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-29480 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | gdal | 3.10.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-29480 |
| Debian:12 | gdal | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29480 |
| Debian:13 | gdal | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29480 |
| Debian:14 | gdal | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29480 |
| PyPI | gdal | no fix listed | PYSEC-2025-117 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gdal | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29480 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | gdal | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29480 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | gdal | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29480 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H