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CVE-2011-4620

N/A
Published: December 31, 2011 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPlib

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/77973
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/47297
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51340
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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