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CVE-2009-4881

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2010-06-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function in stdlib/strfmon_l.c in the strfmon implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.10.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted format string, as demonstrated by the %99999999999999999999n string, a related issue to CVE-2008-1391.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Glibc

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References