CVE-2011-1659

N/A Unknown
Published: April 08, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/44353
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12583
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/44353
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12583
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8126d90480fa3e0c5c5cd0d02cb1c93174b45485
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:179
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025450
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66819
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.9%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

gnu

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