glibc: insufficient quoting in the locale command output
Published Apr 10, 2011
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.52%
Description
locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.12.2
- 1.00
- 1.01
- 1.02
- 1.03
- 1.04
- 1.05
- 1.06
- 1.07
- 1.08
- 1.09
- 1.09.1
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1.6
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3.10
- 2.1.9
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.3.10
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.10
- 2.10.1
- 2.10.2
- 2.11
- 2.11.1
- 2.11.2
- 2.11.3
- 2.12.0
- 2.12.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
glibc-0:2.3.4-2.57
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0125
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0412
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
glibc-0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0413
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | glibc-0:2.3.4-2.57 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0125 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0412 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | glibc-0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0413 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 41.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 39.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 15.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (24)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330923 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/21 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/22 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43830 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43976 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43989 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025286 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11904 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11904 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=026373745eab50a683536d950cb7e17dc98c4259 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:178 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0413.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0863 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1095 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625893 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1095
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12272 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1095
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