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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733Exploit
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12583Exploit, Patch
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733Exploit
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.htmlExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12583Exploit, Patch
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 8, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified