Unscored severity · published Jun 1, 2010
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…
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CVSS
11.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.2% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Glibc · Gnu
through 2.10.1; 2.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; 2.0.4; +31 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4880
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4880
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39900
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
Exploit
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67
Exploit
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600
sourceware.org
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=199eb0de8d673fb23aa127721054b4f1803d61f3
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
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