Critical severity · published Mar 15, 2017
CVE-2017-5522
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)…
9.8
CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.8% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
MA
Mapserver · Osgeo
through 6.0.5; 6.2.0; 6.2.0; 6.2.0; 6.2.0; 6.2.0; +18 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5522
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5522
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3766
Release Notes
http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-0-6.html#changelog-6-0-6
Release Notes
http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-2-4.html#changelog-6-2-4
Release Notes
http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-4.html#changelog-6-4-5
Release Notes
http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-7-0.html#changelog-7-0-4
Patch
https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/commit/e52a436c0e1c5e9f7ef13428dba83194a800f4df
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