Vulnerability in Brandon Long Clearsilver
CVE-2011-4357
Format string vulnerability in the p_cgi_error function in python/neo_cgi.c in the Python CGI Kit (neo_cgi) module for Clearsilver 0.10.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled when creating CGI error messages using the cgi_error API function.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Brandon Long Clearsilver — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.2.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ClearSilver/message/1422
- code.google.com/p/clearsilver/source/detail
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2355 (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/77419 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/27/1 (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71599 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/47016 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)