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CVE-2011-4097

Date: May 17, 2012

Integer overflow in the oom_badness function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or process termination) by using a certain large amount of memory.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-4097
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4097
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4097
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-4097

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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