CVE-2017-5522 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting MapServer versions prior to 6.0.6, 6.2.4, 6.4.5, and 7.0.4, including Debian distributions. It allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or execute arbitrary code through specially crafted WFS get feature requests. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, posing a high risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 6.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:6.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:6.2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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