CVE-2011-0990

N/A Unknown
Published: April 13, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Race condition in the FastCopy optimization in the Array.Copy method in metadata/icall.c in Mono, when Moonlight 2.x before 2.4.1 or 3.x before 3.99.3 is used, allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and modify internal data structures, and cause a denial of service (plugin crash) or corrupt the internal state of the security manager, via a crafted media file in which a thread makes a change after a type check but before a copy action.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44002
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44076
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0904
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00024.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/14
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44002
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44076
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47208
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0904
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667077
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66625
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.2%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

novell mono