Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 1, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2009-4881
CVE-2009-4881
Description
Integer overflow in the __vstrfmon_l function in stdlib/strfmon_l.c in the strfmon implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.10.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted format string, as demonstrated by the %99999999999999999999n string, a related issue to CVE-2008-1391.
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Affected products
48cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 45 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.9
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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