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 NVD

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, 97th percentile

Published

2011-04-08

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

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

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/43492
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43830
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43989
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46563
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry