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CVE-2011-4862Not scoredCWE-120

CVE-2011-4862: Gnu Inetutils vulnerability

Gnu · Inetutils

Vendor fix available · Affected: Gnu Inetutils · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

95.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
99th percentile
050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.2 and earlier, Heimdal 1.5.1 and earlier, GNU inetutils, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long encryption key, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.

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Exploitation
Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Gnu
Published
December 2011

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