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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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.

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CVE-2016-9839
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31 Oct 2026, 09:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-9839

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Dec 2016, 08:59 UTC

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

osv:CVE-2016-9839
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9839",
  "method": "structured",
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:59.987702343Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/pull/5356"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379920,
  "published_at": "2016-12-08T08:59:01.24+00:00"
}