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CVE-2011-0524
Multiple buffer overflows in the NMEA parser (nmea-gen.c) in gypsy 0.8 allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via…
Low2.1EPSS 0.41%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the NMEA parser (nmea-gen.c) in gypsy 0.8 allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to the sprintf function.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- [oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE request: multiple gypsy vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-8659 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0884 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33431 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-8687 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-8705 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110124 CVE request: multiple gypsy vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 49991 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gypsy/+bug/690323 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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