CVE-2009-1176: osgeo mapserver

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1176 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in osgeo mapserver. EPSS estimates a 4.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 31-03-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 does not ensure that the string holding the id parameter ends in a '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer-overflow attacks or have unspecified other impact via a long id parameter in a query action.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.