CVE-2009-4880 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the strfmon implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.10.1 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted format string, as demonstrated by a crafted first argument to the money_format function in PHP, a related issue to CVE-2008-1391.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.22% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-06-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnu | glibc |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | GNU glibc 2.x - 'strfmon()' Integer Overflow | 2009-09-17 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39900
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=199eb0de8d673fb23aa127721054b4f1803d61f3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36443
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-944-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1246
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524671
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39900
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=199eb0de8d673fb23aa127721054b4f1803d61f3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111
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