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high 7.8

CVE-2009-0843 json

The msLoadQuery function in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to determine the existence…

published 2009-03-31 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0840

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The msLoadQuery function in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a full pathname in the queryfile parameter, which triggers different error messages depending on whether this pathname exists.

Patch / fix

  • mapserver Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.2.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0843

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0843 updated

mapserver: multiple security fixes in 5.2.2 and 4.10.4 (CVE-2009-0839, CVE-2009-0840, CVE-2009-0841, CVE-2009-0842, CVE-2009-0843, CVE-2009-1176, CVE-2009-1177)

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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