CVE-2011-1095
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (44th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1109)
- Published
- April 10, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1109 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
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and 7 more…
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330923(Exploit, Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/21(Exploit, Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/22
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/8(Exploit, Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43830(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43976(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43989(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025286
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11904(Exploit)
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11904(Exploit)
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=026373745eab50a683536d950cb7e17dc98c4259
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625893(Exploit, Patch)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12272
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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