CVE-2010-2539

Buffer overflow in the msTmpFile function in maputil.c in mapserv in MapServer before 4.10.6 and 5.x before 5.6.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving names of temporary files.

Published: 2010-08-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2539 is rated Low Risk (17/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2539

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.32% +0.26%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2539

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2539

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2539

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-2539 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mapserver), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2539
ubuntu low CVE-2010-2539 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mapserver), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 3, not-affected 3, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2539

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2539

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
osgeo mapserver <= 4.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver <= 5.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2539

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