Double Free in Shapelib - CVE-2022-0699

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79635

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0699

CWE-ID: CWE-415

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in contrib/shpsort.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Shapelib
Fedora
openEuler
shapelib
shapelib-debugsource
shapelib-devel
shapelib-help
shapelib-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

Shapelib - update to 1.6.0
shapelib - addressed in versions 1.3.0-3.el7, 1.5.0-12.el8, 1.5.0-12.el9, 1.5.0-12.fc36
shapelib - update to 1.5.0-2
shapelib-debugsource - update to 1.5.0-2
shapelib-devel - update to 1.5.0-2
shapelib-help - update to 1.5.0-2
shapelib-debuginfo - update to 1.5.0-2

• https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib/issues/39
• https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib/commit/c75b9281a5b9452d92e1682bdfe6019a13ed819f
• https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib/releases/tag/v1.6.0

• Remote code execution in Shapelib
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for shapelib
• Fedora EPEL 9 update for shapelib
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for shapelib
• openEuler 22.03 LTS update for shapelib
• Fedora 36 update for shapelib