CVE-2009-4880

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    CVE-2009-4880

    Published: 1 Jun 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in the strfmon implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.10.1 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted format string, as demonstrated by a crafted first argument to the money_format function in PHP, a related issue to CVE-2008-1391.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/39900, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-944-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1246, http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67, http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36443, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36443, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524671, http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=199eb0de8d673fb23aa127721054b4f1803d61f3, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59242

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High