CVE-2011-2517 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Kernel
CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer15 documents6 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 24
Latest updateMay 13
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0
Affected Packages5 packages
Also affects: Enterprise Linux 5.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2📋Vendor Advisories
11💬Community
1Bugzilla
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