Is CVE-2021-45943 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-45943 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-45943?

CVE-2021-45943 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2021-45943?

Patch guidance is available from osgeo security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2021-45943.

CVE-2021-45943 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2021-45943?

8 products: osgeo gdal, debian debian linux, debian debian linux, debian debian linux, fedoraproject fedora, and 3 more.

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).

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

Metadata

Primary Vendor: OSGEO
Published: 1/1/2022
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

osgeo : gdaldebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraoracle : spatial_and_graphoracle : spatial_and_graph

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD