CVE-2011-2168

critical

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the glob implementation in libc in OpenBSD before 4.9 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted string, related to the GLOB_APPEND and GLOB_DOOFFS flags, a different issue than CVE-2011-0418.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48004

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c.diff?r1=1.34%3Br2=1.35%3Bf=h

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/gen/glob.c#rev1.35

http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/97

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-05-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00388