CVE-2011-4620

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.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18258/
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/2
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4620