CVE-2011-0990 Race condition in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or bypass security checks in Mono via a race condition in Array.Copy triggered by crafted media files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-0990?
CVE-2011-0990 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Apr 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Race condition in the FastCopy optimization in the Array.Copy method in metadata/icall.c in Mono, when Moonlight 2.x before 2.4.1 or 3.x before 3.99.3 is used, allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and modify internal data structures, and cause a denial of service (plugin crash) or corrupt the internal state of the security manager, via a crafted media file in which a thread makes a change after a type check but before a copy action.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0990?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mono Mono, Novell Moonlight.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-0990 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c2pm-4p8q-67xh.