CVE-2011-4620

high

Description

Buffer overflow in the ulSetError function in util/ulError.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5, as used in TORCS 1.3.1 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long error message, as demonstrated by a crafted acc file for TORCS. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16

http://secunia.com/advisories/51340

http://secunia.com/advisories/47297

http://osvdb.org/77973

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-12-31

Updated: 2016-08-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High