CVE-2011-1659
glibc Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 8, 2011, 3:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE-2011-1659 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733 Added Reference http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/44353 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Added Reference http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12583 Added Reference http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450 Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485 [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66819 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 08, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-1659 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-1659
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.31 }} -0.95%
score
0.83330
percentile