mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer before 4.10.6 and 5.x before 5.6.4 does not properly restrict the use of CGI command-line arguments that were intended for debugging, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted arguments.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2540 is rated High Risk (72.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.83%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.86% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 1.98% | 3.83% | +1.86% |
| 2 | 2025-12-24 | 3.40% | 1.98% | -1.42% |
| 3 | 2025-10-26 | — | 3.40% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2010-2540 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-2010-2540 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2010-2540 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-2010-2540 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |