CVE-2011-2975

Published: Aug 1, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399

NVD MITRE

6.8CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

Double free vulnerability in the msAddImageSymbol function in mapsymbol.c in MapServer before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact via crafted mapfile data.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

n/a n/a

mapserver osgeo

Mixed

OSS Libraries / generic-library

mapserver umn

On-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / site-builder

osgeooss-projectOSS Librariesaka gdal, geoserver, mapserver

umnoss-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka mapserver

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3939

trac.osgeo.org

http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2011-July/069430.html

lists.osgeo.org

Timeline

Published

Aug 1, 2011

Last Updated

Apr 29, 2026

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