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Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function in stdlib...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 11, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function in stdlib/strfmon_l.c in the strfmon implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.10.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted format string, as demonstrated by the %99999999999999999999n string, a related issue to CVE-2008-1391.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 1, 2010
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Last updated Apr 11, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

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(71st percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2009-4881

GHSA ID

GHSA-q4g7-ccjm-h2xx

Source code

No known source code

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