CVE-2010-0830

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer signedness error in the elf_get_dynamic_info function in elf/dynamic-link.h in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.0.1 through 2.11.1, when the --verify option is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF program with a negative value for a certain d_tag structure member in the ELF header.

Affected products

GNU C Library (glibc): 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6 (+32)

References

http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/05/integer-overflow-in-ldso-cve-2010-0830.html
http://frugalware.org/security/662
http://secunia.com/advisories/39900
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024044
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db07e962b6ea963dbb345439f6ab9b0cf74d87c5
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:111
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:112
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40063
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-944-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1246

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