UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15537

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-15537
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15537.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15537
Upstream
Published
2026-01-18T10:15:00Z
Modified
2026-02-09T06:29:04.767715Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 1.9 (Low) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A security vulnerability has been detected in Mapnik up to 4.2.0. This issue affects the function mapnik::dbffile::stringvalue 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
mapnik

Package

Name
mapnik
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mapnik@3.0.9+ds-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.0.3+ds-1
3.0.8+ds-1ubuntu1
3.0.9+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.9+ds-1",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.9+ds-1",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik3.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.9+ds-1",
            "binary_name": "mapnik-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15537.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
mapnik

Package

Name
mapnik
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mapnik@3.0.19+ds-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.0.15+ds-1
3.0.15+ds-2ubuntu2
3.0.15+ds-3build1
3.0.17+ds-1
3.0.17+ds-1build1
3.0.18+ds-1
3.0.19+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.19+ds-1",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.19+ds-1",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik3.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.19+ds-1",
            "binary_name": "mapnik-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15537.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
mapnik

Package

Name
mapnik
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mapnik@3.0.23+ds-1build1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.0.22+ds-2
3.0.22+ds1-1
3.0.22+ds1-1build1
3.0.22+ds1-1build2
3.0.23+ds-1
3.0.23+ds-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.23+ds-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.23+ds-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik3.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.23+ds-1build1",
            "binary_name": "mapnik-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15537.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
mapnik

Package

Name
mapnik
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mapnik@3.1.0+ds-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.0+ds-1
3.1.0+ds-1build2
3.1.0+ds-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.0+ds-1ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.0+ds-1ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.0+ds-1ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "mapnik-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15537.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
mapnik

Package

Name
mapnik
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mapnik@3.1.0+ds-7ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.0+ds-4
3.1.0+ds-4build1
3.1.0+ds-5
3.1.0+ds-5build1
3.1.0+ds-7ubuntu1
3.1.0+ds-7ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.0+ds-7ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.0+ds-7ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik3.1t64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1.0+ds-7ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "mapnik-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15537.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
mapnik

Package

Name
mapnik
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mapnik@4.0.7+ds-1build4?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*
4.0.5+ds-1
4.0.7+ds-1build1
4.0.7+ds-1build4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.7+ds-1build4",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.7+ds-1build4",
            "binary_name": "libmapnik4.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.0.7+ds-1build4",
            "binary_name": "mapnik-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15537.json"