Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gdal package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.49% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-GDAL-2330333
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed1 Jan 2022

Introduced: 1 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-45943  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 gdal.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdal package and not the gdal package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1