CVE-2011-1071

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.

CVSS v2.0

5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

14.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2011-04-08

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17120

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2011-1069
• CVE-2011-1081
• CVE-2011-1062
• CVE-2011-1082
• CVE-2011-1060
• CVE-2011-1083