CVE-2017-5522
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.8% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in MapServer before 6.0.6, 6.2.x before 6.2.4, 6.4.x before 6.4.5, and 7.0.x before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving WFS get feature requests.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.76% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-03-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| osgeo | mapserver |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3766
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-0-6.html#changelog-6-0-6
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-2-4.html#changelog-6-2-4
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-4.html#changelog-6-4-5
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-7-0.html#changelog-7-0-4
- https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/commit/e52a436c0e1c5e9f7ef13428dba83194a800f4df
- https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-dev/2017-January/015007.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3766
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-0-6.html#changelog-6-0-6
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-2-4.html#changelog-6-2-4
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-4.html#changelog-6-4-5
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-7-0.html#changelog-7-0-4
- https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/commit/e52a436c0e1c5e9f7ef13428dba83194a800f4df
- https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-dev/2017-January/015007.html
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