What is CVE-2010-1678?

CVE-2010-1678 is a high-severity vulnerability in Osgeo Mapserver, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2010-1678?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Osgeo Mapserver

CVE-2010-1678

Mapserver 5.2, 5.4 and 5.6 before 5.6.5-2 improperly validates symbol index values during Mapfile parsing.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-10-29 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Osgeo Mapserver — versions 5.2.0, 5.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1678 (Third Party Advisory)
people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2010/CVE-2010-1678.html (Third Party Advisory)
trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3641 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-1678?: CVE-2010-1678 is a high-severity vulnerability in Osgeo Mapserver, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2010-1678?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.