CVE-2026-33721 PUBLISHED

MapServer has heap buffer overflow in SLD `Categorize` Threshold parsing

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.03.2026 Published: 27.03.2026 Updated: 27.03.2026

MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. Starting in version 4.2 and prior to version 8.6.1, a heap-buffer-overflow write in MapServer’s SLD (Styled Layer Descriptor) parser lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker crash the MapServer process by sending a crafted SLD with more than 100 Threshold elements inside a ColorMap/Categorize structure (commonly reachable via WMS GetMap with SLD_BODY). Version 8.6.1 patches the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor MapServer
Product MapServer
Versions
  • Version >= 4.2, < 8.6.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write CWE