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CVE-2011-3336 (GCVE-0-2011-3336)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-12 19:32 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:29
VLAI
Summary
regcomp in the BSD implementation of libc is vulnerable to denial of service due to stack exhaustion.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • denial of service
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50541 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520390 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2011110082 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple macOS Affected: through 2011
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