DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1071

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CVE-2011-1071
Published: 08 Apr 2011, 15:17
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Apr 2011, 15:17
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Affected Systems

  • debian•glibc

    < 2.11.2-12 | < 2.11.2-12 | < 2.11.2-12 | < 2.11.2-12

References (1)