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
02 Description
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
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
- 12.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.9% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2011-12-31 01:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-11-29
- 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
- b5c4f930a73c157e59570859bbcab7703465ec2d15abf834ca61bcdc6ca94813
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com51340http://secunia.com/advisories/51340
- secunia.com47297http://secunia.com/advisories/47297
- www.exploit-db.com18258http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16
- osvdb.org77973http://osvdb.org/77973
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1506http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20111221 plib ulSetError() buffer overflow - CVE-2011-4620http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- plib Fixed in 1.8.5-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- plib Fixed in 1.8.5-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- plib Fixed in 1.8.5-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.