CVE-2011-4620

TORCS 1.3.1 - acc Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in the ulSetError function in util/ulError.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5, as used in TORCS 1.3.1 and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long error message, as demonstrated by a crafted acc file for TORCS. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Desbordamiento de bufer en la función ulSetError en util/ulError.cxx en PLIB v1.8.5, como se usa en TORCS v1.3.1 y otros productos, permite a atacantes remotos asistidos por el usuario ejecutar código de su elección a través de vectores que implican largos mensajes de error, como se demostró con un archivo acc modificado para TORCS. NOTA: algunos de estos detalles han sido obtenidos de fuentes de terceros.

A buffer overflow in PLIB might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Versions less than 1.8.5-r1 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-11-29 CVE Reserved
2011-12-20 First Exploit
2011-12-31 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2	Mailing List
http://osvdb.org/77973	Vdb Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/51340	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258	2011-12-20
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00013.html	2016-08-02
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00015.html	2016-08-02
http://secunia.com/advisories/47297	2016-08-02
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-16	2016-08-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Steve J Baker Search vendor "Steve J Baker"		Plib Search vendor "Steve J Baker" for product "Plib"				1.8.5 Search vendor "Steve J Baker" for product "Plib" and version "1.8.5"		-		Affected