{"cve":"CVE-2011-4077","nvd":{"published":"2012-01-27T15:55:04.297","modified":"2026-06-16T23:34:23.027","status":"Modified","description":"Buffer overflow in the xfs_readlink function in fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel 2.6, when CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is disabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XFS image containing a symbolic link with a long pathname.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2","http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-10/msg00345.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/48964","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/1","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/3"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:59:31.623151214+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-4077","score":0.00534,"percentile":0.45134,"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."]}