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CVE-2011-4079

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-4079 describes an off-by-one error in the UTF8StringNormalize function of OpenLDAP 2.4.26 and earlier, allowing remote authenticated attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via a zero-length string, such as an empty postalAddressAttribute. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring authentication, leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0371 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 21,924 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-4079

openldap: one-byte buffer overflow in slapd

Oct 6, 2011

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/46599
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-36.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/70991
openldap.org / devel/gitweb.cgi
openldap.org / its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/9
securityfocus.com / bid/50384
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1266-1