CVE-2011-1173

CVE-2011-1173 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Econet networking subsystem (specifically, the econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c) affecting versions prior to 2.6.39 on x86_64 platforms. This flaw allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading uninitialized data within Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packets. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it represents a medium-severity risk, indicating remote access with low attack complexity leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.