Report: Complete Guide to CVE-2026-33721 - MapServer has heap buffer overflow in SLD `Categorize` Threshold parsing

Report: Complete Guide to CVE-2026-33721 - MapServer has heap buffer overflow in SLD `Categorize` Threshold parsing

CVE ID :CVE-2026-33721 Published : March 27, 2026, 1:16 a.m. | 15 minutes ago Description :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. Severity: 5.3 | MEDIUM Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...

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Severity
MEDIUM
Published
March 27, 2026