CVE-2009-4880
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,…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.22% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 September 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- gnu/glibc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 11.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39900Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67Exploit
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600Exploit
- 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/36443Exploit, Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-944-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1246Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524671
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39900Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67Exploit
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600Exploit
- 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/36443Exploit, Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-944-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1246Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524671
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59242
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.