Vulnerability in Gnu Glibc

CVE-2009-4880

Multiple integer overflows in the strfmon implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.10.1 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted format string, as demonstrated by a crafted first argument to the money_format function in PHP, a related issue to CVE-2008-1391.

EPSS: 0.112 (95.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Glibc — versions 2.5.1, 2.3.2, 2.2.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-4880?
CVE-2009-4880 is a vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, classified under CWE-189. Published 2010-06-01.
Is CVE-2009-4880 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.