{
    "id": "CVE-2011-1071",
    "published": "2011-04-08 15:17:27",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:28:39",
    "cvss_score": "5.1",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.14323",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96491",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:10",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "eglibc"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "glibc"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "17120",
            "title": "GNU glibc < 2.12.2 - 'fnmatch()' Stack Corruption",
            "date": "2011-02-25",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17120"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://bugs.debian.org/615120",
        "http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15",
        "http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-accidental-code-execution-via.html",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/635",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/644",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/43492",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/43830",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/43989",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/46397",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8175",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1025290",
        "http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11883",
        "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.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46563",
        "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681054",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12853"
    ]
}