What is CVE-2011-4119?

CVE-2011-4119 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Inria Caml-Light, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2011-4119?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Inria Caml-Light

CVE-2011-4119

caml-light <= 0.75 uses mktemp() insecurely, and also does unsafe things in /tmp during make install.

Published 2021-10-26 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Inria Caml-Light
Caml-Light — versions caml-light <= 0.75

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-377 — Insecure Temporary File

References

seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/249 (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/9dde9dac-08f4-11e1-af36-003067b2972c.html (Third Party Advisory)
gnats.netbsd.org/45558 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-4119?: CVE-2011-4119 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Inria Caml-Light, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2011-4119?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.