CVEs-PoC/2011/CVE-2011-1659.md

### [CVE-2011-1659](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1659)
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### Description

Integer overflow in posix/fnmatch.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long UTF8 string that is used in an fnmatch call with a crafted pattern argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1071.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

#### Github
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