CyberRota Analysis
This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2011-1159
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.1
EPSS
1.09%
Original NVD Description
acpid.c in acpid before 2.0.9 does not properly handle a situation in which a process has connected to acpid.socket but is not reading any data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a crafted application that performs a connect system call but no read system calls.