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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-2975 · published 1 August 2011

CVE-2011-2975: Osgeo mapserver vulnerability

Osgeo · Mapserver

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.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 4.6% · top 8.6% CWE-399 · CWE-399
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
4.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2011-July/069430.html Patch
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3939 Patch
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2011-July/069430.html Patch
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3939 Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-2975), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.