01 Record
CVE-2011-4330
Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-01-27 15:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-11-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 82471fb798a96b11ddc53c94fd03ba732433d4325857cb1a2f975dd649270e89
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20111121 Re: kernel: hfs: add sanity check for file name lengthhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/14
- www.securityfocus.com50750http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50750
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755431
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20111121 kernel: hfs: add sanity check for file name lengthhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/5
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bc5b8a9003132ae44559edd63a1623
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20111109 [BUG][SECURITY] Kernel stack overflow in hfs_mac2asc()https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/9/303