CVE-2011-4620
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 12.6%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the ulSetError function in util/ulError.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5, as used in TORCS 1.3.1 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long error message, as demonstrated by a crafted acc file for TORCS. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 12.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-4543)
- Published
- December 31, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4543 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- steve j baker / plib
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2
- http://osvdb.org/77973
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47297(Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51340(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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