Vulnerability in GNU Glibc
CVE-2010-4052
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.
EPSS: 0.513 (98.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnu Glibc — versions 1.00, 1.01, 1.02
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_SREASONRES, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-4052?
- CVE-2010-4052 is a vulnerability in GNU Glibc, classified under CWE-399. Published 2011-01-13.
- Is CVE-2010-4052 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.