What is CVE-2011-1145?

CVE-2011-1145 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unixodbc, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2011-1145?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Unixodbc

CVE-2011-1145

The SQLDriverConnect() function in unixODBC before 2.2.14p2 have a possible buffer overflow condition when specifying a large value for SAVEFILE parameter in the connection string.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-11-14 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 36.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Unixodbc — versions before 2.2.14p2
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
openSUSE — versions 11.3, 11.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1145 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1145 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-1145?: CVE-2011-1145 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unixodbc, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2011-1145?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.