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TI-2016-07968 Aliases CVE-2016-9839GHSA-92rp-xfpf-gq53

In MapServer before 7.0.3, OGR driver error messages are too verbose and may leak…

Priority LOW 36CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

In MapServer before 7.0.3, OGR driver error messages are too verbose and may leak sensitive information if data connection fails.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01501 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 7.0.2VulnerableOSGeo
  • cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.0.2 Vulnerable ·OSGeo

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9839
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-92rp-xfpf-gq53

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-36983 MapServer - WFS XML Filter Query SQL injection CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
  • TI-2026-26100 MapServer has heap buffer overflow in SLD `Categorize` Threshold parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-30409 MapServer: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in OpenLayers viewer CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2009-00797 Stack-based buffer overflow in mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2009-02173 Multiple heap-based buffer underflows in the readPostBody function in cgiutil.c in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2009-00799 Directory traversal vulnerability in mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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