VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-4315

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.96%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-12-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in compression-pointer processing in core/ngx_resolver.c in nginx before 1.0.10 allows remote resolvers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long response.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references