CVE-2011-4357
Format string vulnerability in the p_cgi_error function in python/neo_cgi.c in the Python CGI Kit (neo_cgi) module for Clearsilver 0.10.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled when creating CGI error messages using the cgi_error API function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-4287)
- Published
- December 10, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4287 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
- brandon long / clearsilver
References
- http://code.google.com/p/clearsilver/source/detail?r=919
- http://osvdb.org/77419
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47016(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ClearSilver/message/1422
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2355
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/27/1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71599
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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