SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-3631

Hardlink before 0.1.2 has multiple integer overflows leading to heap-based buffer overflows because of the way string lengths concatenation is done in the calculation of the required memory space to be used.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.69%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Hardlink before 0.1.2 has multiple integer overflows leading to heap-based buffer overflows because of the way string lengths concatenation is done in the calculation of the required memory space to be used. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted directory tree and trick the local user into consolidating it, leading to hardlink executable crash or potentially arbitrary code execution with user privileges.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.69% probability · 85th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
hardlink project/hardlink · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.