What is CVE-2025-29480?

CVE-2025-29480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Osgeo Gdal, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-29480?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-29480 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Osgeo Gdal

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. NOTE: the Supplier indicates that the report is invalid and could not be reproduced.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (9.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Osgeo Gdal — versions 3.10.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

lmarch2/poc

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-29480?: CVE-2025-29480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Osgeo Gdal, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-29480?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-29480 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.