3.7

CVE-2011-1658: gnu glibc

Modified
Published 08-04-2011Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-1658 is a low (CVSS 3.7) vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
3.7/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
RHSA-2011:0412RHSA-2011:0413

Timeline

  1. 08-04-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier expands the $ORIGIN dynamic string token when RPATH is composed entirely of this token, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link in an arbitrary directory to a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program with this RPATH value, and then executing the program with a crafted value for the LD_PRELOAD environment variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3847 and CVE-2011-0536. NOTE: it is not expected that any standard operating-system distribution would ship an applicable setuid or setgid program.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.31% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Gnu1 product
  • glibc≤ 2.13 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.09 | 1.09.1 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.1 | 2.11 | 2.1.1.6 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.1.3.10 | 2.19 | 2.2 | 2.21 | 2.22 | 2.23 | 2.2.4 | 2.25 | 2.3 | 2.3.1 | 2.32 | 2.33 | 2.34 | 2.3.5 | 2.36 | 2.3.10 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.6 | 2.6.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 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

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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