CVE-2011-4620

Exp

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.

Published: 2011-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-4620 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 34.58%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-4620

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18258 exploit_db edb 2011-12-20 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4620

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-19 36.55% 34.58% -1.97%
2 2026-02-04 40.67% 36.55% -4.13%
3 2025-11-21 — 40.67% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4620

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4620

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-4620

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2011-4620 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (plib), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4620
gentoo normal CVE-2011-4620: 1 GLSA(s) (201606-16), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/plib); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-4620
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-4620 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (plib, torcs), 12 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 5, released 5, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4620

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4620

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
steve_j_baker plib 1.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:steve_j_baker:plib:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4620

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