CRITICAL
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
Published Mar 15, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.76%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.0
Configuration 2
OR
- ≤ 6.0.5
- 6.2.0
- 6.2.0
- 6.2.0
- 6.2.0
- 6.2.0
- 6.2.0
- 6.2.1
- 6.2.2
- 6.2.3
- 6.4.0
- 6.4.0
- 6.4.0
- 6.4.0
- 6.4.1
- 6.4.2
- 6.4.3
- 6.4.4
- 7.0.0
- 7.0.0
- 7.0.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
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.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
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.
4.76% 0.04757
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04757
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.76% (0.04757) | 91.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.76% (0.04757) | 90.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 16, 2025 | 6.04% (0.06039) | 90.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04844) | 88.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.25% (0.08247) | 86.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04844) | 88.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 9.05% (0.09049) | 94.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 7.82% (0.07824) | 94.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.88% (0.06884) | 92.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.55% (0.04550) | 88.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.55% (0.04550) | 74.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.46% (0.04458) | 74.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 4.46% (0.04458) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3766 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-0-6.html#changelog-6-0-6 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-2-4.html#changelog-6-2-4 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-4.html#changelog-6-4-5 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-7-0.html#changelog-7-0-4 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/commit/e52a436c0e1c5e9f7ef13428dba83194a800f4df x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-dev/2017-January/015007.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3766 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-0-6.html#changelog-6-0-6 | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes | |
| http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-2-4.html#changelog-6-2-4 | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes | |
| http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-4.html#changelog-6-4-5 | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes | |
| http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-7-0.html#changelog-7-0-4 | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes | |
| https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/commit/e52a436c0e1c5e9f7ef13428dba83194a800f4df | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-dev/2017-January/015007.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 15, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 17, 2017
Link CVE-2017-5522
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a