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CVE-2011-2940

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2940 describes a heap memory corruption vulnerability in stunnel versions 4.40 and 4.41, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:4.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:4.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0571 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-2940Important

stunnel: heap corruption flaw in 4.4x leads to remote DoS and possible code execution

Aug 18, 2011

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/45705
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/69318
stunnel.org
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/18
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/6
osvdb.org / 74600
securityfocus.com / bid/49254
stunnel.org / pipermail/stunnel-announce/2011-August/000059.html