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CVE-2012-4424

Date: October 9, 2013

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4424
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858238
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4424
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4424
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4424

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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