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CVE-2011-1675

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1675 describes a vulnerability in the mount utility within util-linux 2.19 and earlier, where improper handling of resource limits during /etc/mtab.tmp file operations can lead to corruption of the /etc/mtab file. This local vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.3, indicating that an attacker would need local access and specific conditions to achieve partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux:util-linux:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: util-linux-0:2.13-0.59.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: util-linux-ng-0:2.17.2-12.4.el6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: util-linux

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1675Low

util-linux: mount fails to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE

Mar 3, 2011

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/05/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/16
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/31/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/48114
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/66705
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1691.html
Third Party Advisory