CVE-2011-1071 | Date: (C)2011-04-08 (M)2024-04-30 |
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 Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -CVSS V2 Severity: |
CVSS Score : 5.1 |
Exploit Score: 4.9 |
Impact Score: 6.4 |
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CVSS V2 Metrics: |
Access Vector: NETWORK |
Access Complexity: HIGH |
Authentication: NONE |
Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
Integrity: PARTIAL |
Availability: PARTIAL |
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