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title: "CVE-2019-25050\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-25050

Publication date 20 July 2021

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-25050?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

netCDF in GDAL 2.4.2 through 3.0.4 has a stack-based buffer overflow in
nc4\_get\_att (called from nc4\_get\_att\_tc and nc\_get\_att\_text) and in
uffd\_cleanup (called from netCDFDataset::~netCDFDataset and
netCDFDataset::~netCDFDataset).

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gdal | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Vulnerable |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Vulnerable |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-25050)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25050)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-25050)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-25050)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/767e3a56144f676ca738ef8f700e0e56035bd05a>
* <https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/gdal/OSV-2020-420.yaml>
* <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15143>
* <https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/27b9bf644bcf1208f7d6594bdd104cc8a8bb0646>
* <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15156>
* <https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/gdal/OSV-2020-392.yaml>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25050>