CVE-2011-4620

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    CVE-2011-4620

    Published: 31 Dec 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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 involving a long error message, as demonstrated by a crafted acc file for TORCS. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/47297, http://secunia.com/advisories/51340, http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16, http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258/, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2, http://osvdb.org/77973

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    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
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