CVE-2007-4629

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the processLine function in maptemplate.c in MapServer before 4.10.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a mapfile with a long layer name, group name, or metadata entry name.

Affected products

University Of Minnesota Mapserver: through 4.10.2

References

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/HISTORY.TXT/
http://secunia.com/advisories/26561
http://secunia.com/advisories/26718
http://secunia.com/advisories/29688
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3082
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2252
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1539
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25582
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2974
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=272081
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00096.html
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/HISTORY.TXT/

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