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DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4051

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4051 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.099999904632568 HIGH

The regcomp implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.3, and 2.12.x through 2.12.2, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a regular expression containing adjacent bounded repetitions that bypass the intended RE_DUP_MAX limitation, as demonstrated by a {10,}{10,}{10,}{10,}{10,} sequence in the proftpd.gnu.c exploit for ProFTPD, related to a "RE_DUP_MAX overflow."

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
7.099999904632568
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:12glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:11glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:14glibc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jan 13, 2011 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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