{"cve":"CVE-2011-1071","nvd":{"published":"2011-04-08T15:17:27.650","modified":"2026-06-16T23:28:39.230","status":"Modified","description":"The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.12.2 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call, aka a \"stack extension attack,\" a related issue to CVE-2010-2898, CVE-2010-1917, and CVE-2007-4782, as originally reported for use of this library by Google Chrome.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/615120","http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=48733","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/26/3","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/11","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/15"],"products":["gnu:eglibc","gnu:glibc"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:58:50.521460154+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-1071","score":0.14323,"percentile":0.96608,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}