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CVE-2011-5227
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Syslog service (nssyslogd.exe) in Enterasys Network Management Suite (NMS) before 4.1.0.80 allows…
High10.0EPSS 77.0%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Syslog service (nssyslogd.exe) in Enterasys Network Management Suite (NMS) before 4.1.0.80 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PRIO field in a message to UDP port 514.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 77.0% · top 0.4% 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: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- enterasys-syslog-bo(71889) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/utility/downloadArticle.aspx?aid=14206 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/display/4n/kb/article.aspx?aid=14206&n=3&tab=search&bt=4n&s= (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1026440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 47263 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-350/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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