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CVE-2011-1659

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier...

5.0 MediumFix available

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

Exploit likelihood

2.86%Up 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

Record
CVE-2011-1659
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-189
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

Record
CVE-2011-1659
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-1659 No score

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

Record
EUVD-2011-1659
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q5rg-jqvh-mj2q No score

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier...

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

Record
GHSA-q5rg-jqvh-mj2q
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2011-1659 5.0

CVE-2011-1659 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2011-1659
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

Record
CVE-2011-1659
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2011-1659 No score

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1659
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glibc
Debian:12
 before 2.13-8
2.13-8
glibc
Debian:13
 before 2.13-8
2.13-8
glibc
Debian:14
 before 2.13-8
2.13-8
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-profile
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nptl-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-profile
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nptl-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-profile
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nptl-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-profile
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nptl-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.4-2.57
0:2.3.4-2.57

History

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

In short

CVE-2011-1659 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Gnu Glibc, published April 8, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.86%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in glibc 2.13-8.

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