CVE-2011-2975 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted mapfile data due to a double free vulnerability in MapServer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-2975?
CVE-2011-2975 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Aug 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2975?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Osgeo Mapserver, Umn Mapserver.
How do I fix CVE-2011-2975?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2011-2975 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2011-2975 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2975, GHSA-4j4j-v2rr-2rgh.