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CVE-2009-4880

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4880 describes multiple integer overflows in the strfmon implementation of GNU C Library (glibc) versions 2.10.1 and earlier. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) through a crafted format string, such as one provided to PHP's money_format function. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring low attack complexity and impacting availability. While there is an ExploitDB entry for this vulnerability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33230 · Sep 17, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1122 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-4880

(32-bit): Multiple integer overflows in the printf implementation

Sep 3, 2009

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/39900
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/67
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/59242
sources.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Exploit
sourceware.org / git
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2058
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/36443
ExploitPatch
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-944-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1246
Vendor Advisory