Liblas
CVE-2024-27507
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Resource cleanup, leak prevention
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could exhaust available memory leading to denial of service by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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libLAS 1.8.1 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /libLAS/apps/ts2las.cpp. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Ensure all allocated memory is properly freed. Use RAII patterns or garbage-collected languages.
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This vulnerability is classified as Memory Leak (CWE-401), which allows attackers to exhaust available memory leading to denial of service. libLAS 1.8.1 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /libLAS/apps/ts2las.cpp. Affected products include: Liblas, Fedoraproject Fedora.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from Vendor (mitre) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: mitre
DescriptionCVE.org
libLAS 1.8.1 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /libLAS/apps/ts2las.cpp.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
There is memory leak at liblas::Open (liblas/liblas.hpp) in libLAS 1.8.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnera
There is a Segmentation fault triggered by illegal address access at liblas::SpatialReference::GetGTIF() (spatialreferen
There is a NULL pointer dereference at liblas::SpatialReference::GetGTIF() (spatialreference.cpp) in libLAS 1.8.1 that w
There is a heap-based buffer over-read at liblas::SpatialReference::GetGTIF() (spatialreference.cpp) in libLAS 1.8.1 tha
Heap out-of-bounds write in libLAS through 1.8.1 allows attackers to corrupt memory when a victim opens a crafted .las f
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