6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.3%
Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function in stdlib/strfmon_l.c in the strfmon implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.10.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted format string, as demonstrated by the %99999999999999999999n string, a related issue to CVE-2008-1391.
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600
sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=153aa31b93be22e01b236375fb02a9f9b9a0195f
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59241