CVE-2011-2199

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in tftp-hpa before 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the utimeout option.

Affected products

H Peter Anvin Tftp-Hpa: through 5.0

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/tftp/tftp-hpa.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGES%3Bh=6df0d97b1f6c99f49d65e9ff80aa7b847f0e21e1%3Bhb=badf05140d3c2408715a73a52c0f35887e337c04
http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/tftp/tftp-hpa.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f3035c45bc50bb5cac87ca01e7ef6a12485184f8
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-12.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/11
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-05.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48411
http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/tftp/tftp-hpa.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGES%3Bh=6df0d97b1f6c99f49d65e9ff80aa7b847f0e21e1%3Bhb=badf05140d3c2408715a73a52c0f35887e337c04
http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/tftp/tftp-hpa.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f3035c45bc50bb5cac87ca01e7ef6a12485184f8
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-12.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/11
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-05.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48411

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