CVE-2011-1577
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the is_gpt_valid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted size of the EFI GUID partition-table header on removable media.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1578)
- Published
- May 3, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1578 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061236.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/12/17(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8238
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025355
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517477/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47343
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg83274.html(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695976
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66773
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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