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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 17.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-10-09 22:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 76c1c3241187cd6480eb976ace9f9b0623b2ab295a9c5c6705b231b9f0364cb4
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com55113http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1991-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:284http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
- sourceware.orghttp://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130907 CVE Request -- glibc: strcoll() integer overflow leading to buffer overflow + another alloca() stack overflow issue (upstream #14547 && #14552)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/9
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201503-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:283http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
- seclists.org20190612 SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Serieshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- seclists.org20190613 SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Serieshttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- glibc Fixed in 2.17-94
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- glibc Fixed in 2.17-94
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- glibc Fixed in 2.17-94
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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