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CVE-2011-1071

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context...

5.1 MediumPublic exploitFix available

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Exploit likelihood

14.3%Down 12.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.1

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Record
CVE-2011-1071
CVSS 2.0
5.1 MediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Record
CVE-2011-1071
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-1086 No score

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Record
EUVD-2011-1086
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w4p3-xg4g-ff4x No score

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context...

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Record
GHSA-w4p3-xg4g-ff4x
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Record
CVE-2011-1071
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2011-1071 No score

The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a "stack extension attack," a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1071
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glibc
Debian:12
 before 2.11.2-12
2.11.2-12
glibc
Debian:13
 before 2.11.2-12
2.11.2-12
glibc
Debian:14
 before 2.11.2-12
2.11.2-12
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-profile
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nptl-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-profile
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nptl-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-profile
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nptl-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-profile
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nptl-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBGNU glibc < 2.12.2 - 'fnmatch()' Stack Corruption2011-02-25

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2011-1071 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Gnu Eglibc, published April 8, 2011. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.3%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in glibc 2.11.2-12.

References

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