Buffer overflow in Steve J Baker Plib

CVE-2011-4620

Buffer overflow in the ulSetError function in util/ulError.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5, as used in TORCS 1.3.1 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long error message, as demonstrated by a crafted acc file for TORCS. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.128 (95.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Steve_j_baker Plib — versions 1.8.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)