CVE-2011-4330

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 27 Jan 2012, 15:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 00:01

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.2 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.16% LOW
0% probability -0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Jan 2012, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 00:01
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS image with a crafted len field.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.16%• Percentile: 37%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.0.10 | ≥ 3.1, < 3.1.2

References (6)