Description
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.
Published: 2010-06-01
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 13.0% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2058-1 New glibc packages fix several vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:17:26.162Z

Reserved: 2010-06-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4880

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-06-01T20:30:02.570

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2009-4880

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2009-09-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-4880 - Bugzilla

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