CVE-2009-4881 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Glibc

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound9 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
CNA7.5OSV7.5
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Glibc
Timeline
PublishedJun 1
Latest updateMay 2

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/glibc< 2.11.1-1+3
▶NVDgnu/glibc2.9+45

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-q4g7-ccjm-h2xx: Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function in stdlib/strfmon_l↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-4881: Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function in stdlib/strfmon_l↗2010-06-01
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CVEList
CVE-2009-4881: Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function in stdlib/strfmon_l↗2010-06-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
kernel: tcf_fill_node() infoleak due to typo in 9ef1d4c7↗2009-10-08
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Debian
CVE-2009-4881: glibc - Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function in stdlib/strfmon_l.c in the strfm...↗2009
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Red Hat
(32-bit): Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function↗2008-03-25
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-4881 glibc (32-bit): Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function↗2010-06-02
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