CVE-2012-4424
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
02 Description
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
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
- 3.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% 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
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b4712259a4e80570354e7fb0100ba30100fecf96e0b2a1b98c1339abef08532d
05 Affected products
06 References
- 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
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858238
- sourceware.orghttp://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130913 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/2012/09/13/16
- 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
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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