CVE-2011-0465
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD
xrdb.c in xrdb before 1.0.9 in X.Org X11R7.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a (1) DHCP or (2) XDMCP message.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 5.8% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0485)
- Published
- April 8, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0485 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- matthias hopf / xrdb
- matthias hopf / xrdb
- matthias hopf / xrdb
- matthias hopf / xrdb
- matthias hopf / xrdb
- matthias hopf / xrdb
- matthias hopf / xrdb
- x / x11
- x / x11
- x / x11
- x / x11
- x / x11
- x / x11
- x / x11
- x / x11
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- x / x11
- x / x11
- x / x11
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- x / x11
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrdb/commit/?id=1027d5df07398c1507fb1fe3a9981aa6b4bc3a56(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057928.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001635.html(Patch)
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-April/001636.html(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44040(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44122
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44123
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44193
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.465748
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2213
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:076
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0432.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0433.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47189
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025317
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1107-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0880(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0889
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0906
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0929
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0966
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0975
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680196(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66585
- https://lwn.net/Articles/437150/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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