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CVE-2009-4880

Multiple integer overflows in the strfmon implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.10.1 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted format string, as demonstrated by a crafted first argument to the money_format function in PHP, a related issue to CVE-2008-1391.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2009-4880 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from gnu organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-06-01T20:30:02.570

Last Modified

2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	glibc	≤ 2.10.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.0	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.0.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.0.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.0.3	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.0.4	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.0.5	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.0.6	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.1.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.1.1.6	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.1.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.1.3	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.1.9	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.3	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.4	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.2.5	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.2	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.3	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.4	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.5	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.6	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.3.10	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.4	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.5	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.5.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.6	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.6.1	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.7	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.8	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.9	Yes
Application	gnu	glibc	2.10	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/39900 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67 Exploit ([email protected])
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600 Exploit ([email protected])
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=199eb0de8d673fb23aa127721054b4f1803d61f3 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36443 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-944-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1246 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524671 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59242 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39900 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/67 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10600 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=199eb0de8d673fb23aa127721054b4f1803d61f3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36443 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-944-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1246 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524671 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59242 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For gnu's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.