Is CVE-2011-4330 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-4330 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-4330?

CVE-2011-4330 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2011-4330

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS image with a crafted len field.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 0.4% (39th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-4262)
Published: January 27, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4262 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bc5b8a9003132ae44559edd63a1623(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/14(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50750(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755431(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/9/303(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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