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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2025-15537 Detail

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in Mapnik up to 4.2.0. This issue affects the function mapnik::dbf_file::string_value of the file plugins/input/shape/dbfile.cpp. Such manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.9 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/ VulDB
https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/4543 CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/oneafter/1218/blob/main/repro VulDB Product 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.341709 VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.341709 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.733348 VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-15537
NVD Published Date:
01/18/2026
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
VulDB