CVE-2011-4119

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Published Oct 26, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

caml-light <= 0.75 uses mktemp() insecurely, and also does unsafe things in /tmp during make install.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

caml-light

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`caml-light <= 0.75`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:inria:caml-light:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-4067	caml-light <= 0.75 uses mktemp() insecurely, and also does unsafe things in /tmp during make install.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.9% (1.891% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://gnats.netbsd.org/45558
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/249
https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/9dde9dac-08f4-11e1-af36-003067b2972c.html

History

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Subscriptions

Inria Caml-light

Weaknesses

CWE-377

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:01 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Oct 26, 2021, 12:11 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:01 AM
Reserved: Oct 18, 2011, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:34 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 26, 2021, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:34 PM

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