CVE-2009-4880
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 11.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4843)
- Published
- June 1, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4843 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
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- gnu / glibc
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- gnu / glibc
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39900(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67(Exploit)
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600(Exploit)
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=199eb0de8d673fb23aa127721054b4f1803d61f3
- 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.securityfocus.com/bid/36443(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-944-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1246(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524671
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59242
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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