CVE-2010-4052 describes a stack consumption vulnerability in the GNU C Library's (glibc) regcomp implementation, affecting versions through 2.11.3 and 2.12.x through 2.12.2. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing specific regular expressions with adjacent repetition operators, as demonstrated by an exploit targeting ProFTPD. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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