CVE-2010-4052
EPSS 51.3%
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in the regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.3, and 2.12.x through 2.12.2, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a regular expression containing adjacent repetition operators, as demonstrated by a {10,}{10,}{10,}{10,} sequence in the proftpd.gnu.c exploit for ProFTPD.
How to fix CVE-2010-4052
To remediate CVE-2010-4052, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.19-4 or later
Is CVE-2010-4052 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 51.3%, placing CVE-2010-4052 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.19-4