HIGH
Buffer overflow in the processLine function in maptemplate.c in MapServer before 4.10.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a mapfile with a long layer name, group name, or metadata entry name
Published Aug 31, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.49%
Description
Buffer overflow in the processLine function in maptemplate.c in MapServer before 4.10.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a mapfile with a long layer name, group name, or metadata entry name.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.10.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.49% 0.03487
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03487
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.49% (0.03487) | 88.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.49% (0.03487) | 87.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.32% (0.01325) | 78.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.93% (0.01928) | 89.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 1.93% (0.01928) | 88.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 27, 2024 | 1.87% (0.01867) | 88.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2024 | 1.83% (0.01834) | 88.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 1.90% (0.01895) | 87.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 5, 2023 | 1.82% (0.01822) | 86.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01868) | 86.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 87.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 86.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 69.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/HISTORY.TXT/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26561 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26718 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29688 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3082 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2252 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1539 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25582 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2974 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=272081 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00096.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/HISTORY.TXT/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26561 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26718 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29688 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3082 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2252 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1539 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25582 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2974 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=272081 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00096.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 31, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 30, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4629
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a