VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1159

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability1.09%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-10-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

acpid.c in acpid before 2.0.9 does not properly handle a situation in which a process has connected to acpid.socket but is not reading any data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a crafted application that performs a connect system call but no read system calls.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references