Stack Extension Attack in GNU C Library (glibc) and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC)

CVE-2011-1071 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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