CVE-2011-4330: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS image with a crafted len field.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 3.0.10 (fixed in 3.0.10); from 3.1, before 3.1.2 (fixed in 3.1.2)

Published 2012-01-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.