CVE-2011-1071

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1071
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-04-08 15:17:27 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Eglibc All All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.00 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.01 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.02 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.03 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.04 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.05 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.06 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.07 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.08 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.09 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 1.09.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.5 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.6 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.3.10 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.9 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.10 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.10.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.10.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.11 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.11.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.11.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.11.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.12.0 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.2.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.2.4 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.2.5 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.3.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.3.10 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.3.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.3.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.3.4 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.3.5 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.3.6 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.4 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.5 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.5.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.6 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.6.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.7 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.8 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.9 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: Re: glibc and alloca() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Patch
oss-security - Re: cve request: eglibc memory corruption af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for glibc - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Glibc Memory Corruption Flaw in fnmatch() May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
#615120 - eglibc: alloca memory corruption - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Full Disclosure: glibc and alloca() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
GNU glibc 'fnmatch()' Function Stack Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
GNU C Library "fnmatch()" Stack Corruption Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMSA-2011-0012.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
681054 – (CVE-2011-1071, CVE-2011-1659) CVE-2011-1071 CVE-2011-1659 glibc: fnmatch() alloca()-based memory corruption flaw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
oss-security - cve request: eglibc memory corruption af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: cve request: eglibc memory corruption af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
Bug 11883 – fnmatch() alloca() abuse, with security consequence af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Exploit
Red Hat update for glibc - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Issue 48733 - chromium - Crash in third_party xdg_mime library when unable to handle long file paths - An open-source browser project to help move the web forward. - Google Project Hosting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com Exploit
Security: I got accidental code execution via glibc?! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com Exploit
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit MITRE sourceware.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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