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CVE-2010-2540: osgeo mapserver

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2010-2540
Published 02-08-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-2540 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in osgeo mapserver. EPSS estimates a 3.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.83%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2079-1

Timeline

  1. 02-08-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer before 4.10.6 and 5.x before 5.6.4 does not properly restrict the use of CGI command-line arguments that were intended for debugging, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted arguments.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.83% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.83%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mapserver< 5.6.4-1
Osgeo1 product
  • mapserver≤ 4.10.5 | 4.2.0:beta1 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.0:beta1 | 4.4.0:beta2 | 4.4.0:beta3 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.0:beta1 | 4.6.0:beta2 | 4.6.0:beta3 | 4.6.0:rc1 | 4.8.0:beta1 | 4.8.0:beta2 | 4.8.0:beta3 | 4.8.0:rc1 | 4.8.0:rc2 | 4.10.0 | 4.10.0:beta1 | 4.10.0:beta2 | 4.10.0:beta3 | 4.10.0:rc1 | 4.10.1 | 4.10.2 | 4.10.3 | 4.10.4 | ≤ 5.6.3 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0:beta1 | 5.0.0:beta2 | 5.0.0:beta3 | 5.0.0:beta4 | 5.0.0:beta5 | 5.0.0:beta6 | 5.0.0:rc1 | 5.0.0:rc2 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.0:beta1 | 5.2.0:beta2 | 5.2.0:beta3 | 5.2.0:beta4 | 5.2.0:rc1 | 5.2.1 | 5.4.0 | 5.4.0:beta1 | 5.4.0:beta2 | 5.4.0:beta3 | 5.4.0:beta4 | 5.4.0:rc1 | 5.4.0:rc2 | 5.4.1 | 5.4.2 | 5.6.0 | 5.6.1
Umn1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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