CVE-2010-4754 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the glob implementation in libc for FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X. Authenticated remote attackers can exploit this by submitting crafted glob expressions that do not match any pathnames, leading to excessive CPU and memory consumption. With a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring authentication and causing only a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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