Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 28, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-20536

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read at liblas::SpatialReference::GetGTIF() (spatialreference.cpp) in libLAS 1.8.1 that will cause a denial of service.

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Affected products

Liblas/Liblasinferred2 versions
<=1.8.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=1.8.1
- (no CPE)range: =1.8.1

Patches

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References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TPVZSUWM5TEAMCBL3Y7QLGQSLCCJFIT/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFI3F3PRKPXOITWD47LF6ON4L5MJQQYM/nvd

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