Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-9839

Title: Osgeo Mapserver Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-9839.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Dec 08, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.36%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-9839: In MapServer before 7.0.3, OGR driver error messages are too verbose and may leak sensitive information if data connection fails.

Impacted Vendors

U
university_of_minnesota 1
O
osgeo 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94856 https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/pull/5356 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94856 https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/pull/5356
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-9839 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.