Medium severity · published Apr 7, 2025
CVE-2025-29480
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in gdal 3.10.2 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the OGRSpatialReference::Release function
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GD
Gdal · Osgeo
3.10.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29480
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-29480
github.com
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/12188#issuecomment-2847873794
Exploit
https://github.com/lmarch2/poc/blob/main/gdal/gdal.md
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