CVE-2010-4052: gnu glibc Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-4052 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 51.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 7 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 13-01-2011PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in the regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.3, and 2.12.x through 2.12.2, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a regular expression containing adjacent repetition operators, as demonstrated by a {10,}{10,}{10,}{10,} sequence in the proftpd.gnu.c exploit for ProFTPD.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
51.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 51.30% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
7 foundExploit Reference (seclists.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (securityreason.com)
Maturity: unknown
Show all 7 exploits
Exploit Reference (securityreason.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
GNU glibc - 'regcomp()' Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
GNU libc/regcomp(3) - Multiple Vulnerabilities
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- glibc< 2.19-4
Gnu1 product
- glibc1.00 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.09 | 1.09.1 | 2.1 | 2.11 | 2.1.1.6 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.1.3.10 | 2.19 | 2.10 | 2.10.1 | 2.10.2 | 2.11.1 | 2.11.2 | 2.11.3 | 2.12.0 | 2.12.1 | 2.12.2
2 vendors · 2 products
