CVE-2011-4357 in Clearsilver

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the p_cgi_error function in python/neo_cgi.c in the Python CGI Kit (neo_cgi) module for Clearsilver 0.10.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled when creating CGI error messages using the cgi_error API function.

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• Reservation: 11/04/2011
• Disclosure: 12/10/2011
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-59649 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-134 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.02176
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4357
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4357
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-4357/