CVE-2011-1095: GNU Glibc

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function.

Affected products

• GNU Glibc: up to and including 2.12.2; version 1.00 only; version 1.01 only; version 1.02 only; version 1.03 only; version 1.04 only; …

Published 2011-04-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.