CVE-2010-0211: apple mac_os_x Unchecked Return Value

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-0211 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 28.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 27-07-2010
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The slap_modrdn2mods function in modrdn.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.22 does not check the return value of a call to the smr_normalize function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a modrdn call with an RDN string containing invalid UTF-8 sequences, which triggers a free of an invalid, uninitialized pointer in the slap_mods_free function, as demonstrated using the Codenomicon LDAPv3 test suite.

• CWE-252Unchecked Return ValueThe product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.