CVE-2011-1659
EPSS 2.5%Published: 4/8/2011Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1659
Description
Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.13-8