THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2011-4620
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-4620

Plib vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
12.8%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Steve J Baker
Affected product
Plib
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2011-12-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-4620

  • Confirm whether Steve J Baker Plib is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-4620.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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