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CVE-2009-0840

Heap-based buffer underflow in the readPostBody function in cgiutil.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 allows…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
10.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.3%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known

Heap-based buffer underflow in the readPostBody function in cgiutil.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a negative value in the Content-Length HTTP header.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • positronsecurity.com /advisories/2009-000.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1021952 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/34603 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/34306 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/34520 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2009/dsa-1914 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/49545 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • trac.osgeo.org /mapserver/ticket/2943 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • lists.osgeo.org /pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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