CVE-2011-1173
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the x86_64 platform allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading uninitialized data in the ah field of an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1183)
- Published
- June 22, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1183 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67c5c6cb8129c595f21e88254a3fc6b3b841ae8e
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130036203528021&w=2(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8279(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591815#c14(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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