CVE-2011-4620

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the ulSetError function in util/ulError.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5, as used in TORCS 1.3.1 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long error message, as demonstrated by a crafted acc file for TORCS. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2
http://osvdb.org/77973
http://secunia.com/advisories/47297Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51340Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2
http://osvdb.org/77973
http://secunia.com/advisories/47297Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51340Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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