CVE-2011-1071

The 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.

• CWE-399

• http://bugs.debian.org/615120Exploit
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733Exploit
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11Exploit
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15
• http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.htmlExploit
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635Exploit
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43492Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43830Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43989Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8175
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025290
• http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11883Exploit
• http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f15ce4d8dc139523fe0c273580b604b2453acba6
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46563Exploit
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054Exploit, Patch
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12853
• http://bugs.debian.org/615120Exploit
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733Exploit
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11Exploit
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15
• http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.htmlExploit
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635Exploit
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43492Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43830Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43989Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8175
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025290
• http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11883Exploit
• http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f15ce4d8dc139523fe0c273580b604b2453acba6
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46563Exploit
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054Exploit, Patch
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12853

Published

Apr 8, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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