CVE-2014-5119

GNU Glibc < 2.20 - Numeric Error

Title source: rule

Description

Off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find function in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the CHARSET environment variable and gconv transliteration modules.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by taviso & scarybeasts · clocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34421

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References (22)

[Third Party Advisory] http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/60345

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/60358

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/60441

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/61074

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/61093

[Third Party Advisory] http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119

[Third Party Advisory] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738

[Third Party Advisory] https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96

[Third Party Advisory] https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html

... and 2 more

Scores

EPSS 0.2151

EPSS Percentile 95.7%

Details

CWE

CWE-189

Status published

Products (2)

debian/debian_linux 7.0

gnu/glibc < 2.20

Published Aug 29, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026