CVE-2022-0699 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A double-free condition exists in contrib/shpsort.c of shapelib 1.5.0 and older releases. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or have other unspecified impact via control over malloc.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0069.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Osgeo Subscribe	Shapelib Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:shapelib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-4451-1	shapelib security update
EUVD	EUVD-2022-15776	A double-free condition exists in contrib/shpsort.c of shapelib 1.5.0 and older releases. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or have other unspecified impact via control over malloc.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib/commit/c75b9281a5b9452d92e1682bdfe6019a13ed819f
https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib/issues/39
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00023.html

History

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00023.html

Tue, 13 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-01-24T21:03:54.738Z

Reserved: 2022-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-0699

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-24T21:03:54.738Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T16:15:20.567

Modified: 2026-01-24T21:15:54.537

Link: CVE-2022-0699

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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