CVE-2011-1659

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 08 Apr 2011, 15:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 22:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.48% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
4 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Apr 2011, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 22:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.48%• Percentile: 86%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • gnu•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 | 2.3.2 | 2.33 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.6 | 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

References (13)