{"cve":"CVE-2011-1089","nvd":{"published":"2011-04-10T02:55:01.367","modified":"2026-06-16T23:28:41.327","status":"Modified","description":"The addmntent function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier does not report an error status for failed attempts to write to the /etc/mtab file, which makes it easier for local users to trigger corruption of this file, as demonstrated by writes from a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0296.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-16"],"references":["http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3"],"products":["gnu:glibc"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:58:50.521460154+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-1089","score":0.00421,"percentile":0.36406,"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."]}