CVE-2012-4412

Integer 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, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

16.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile

Published

2013-10-09

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37783

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2012-4409
• CVE-2012-4415
• CVE-2012-4399
• CVE-2012-4421
• CVE-2012-4385
• CVE-2012-4422