CVE-2012-4424
glibc < 2.17 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow via Long String in strcoll_l
Title source: llmDescription
Stack-based buffer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string that triggers a malloc failure and use of the alloca function.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858238
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/16
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
Scores
EPSS
0.0061
EPSS Percentile
69.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (26)
gnu/glibc
2.0
gnu/glibc
2.0.1
gnu/glibc
2.0.2
gnu/glibc
2.0.3
gnu/glibc
2.0.4
gnu/glibc
2.0.5
gnu/glibc
2.0.6
gnu/glibc
2.1
gnu/glibc
2.1.1
gnu/glibc
2.1.1.6
... and 16 more
Published
Oct 09, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026