CVE-2012-6090
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the expand function in os/pl-glob.c in SWI-Prolog before 6.2.5 and 6.3.x before 6.3.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
02 Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the expand function in os/pl-glob.c in SWI-Prolog before 6.2.5 and 6.3.x before 6.3.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
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
- 3.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.9% 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
- Low. 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
- 2013-01-04 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-12-06
- 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
- e9b9e73c444ce430f33ba49105ec008f74a13ce465ed1cfa8747bc4585951414
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.swi-prolog.orghttp://www.swi-prolog.org/git/pl.git/commit/b2c88972e7515ada025e97e7d3ce3e34f81cf33e
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20130103 Re: CVE Request - SWI-Prolog / pl (X < 6.2.5): Multiple (stack-based) buffer overflows in patch canonisation code and when expanding file-names with long pathshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/7
- lists.iai.uni-bonn.de[swi-prolog] 20121221 [SWIPL] Ann: SWI-Prolog 6.3.7 and 6.2.5https://lists.iai.uni-bonn.de/pipermail/swi-prolog/2012/009428.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891577
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- swi-prolog Fixed in 5.10.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- swi-prolog Fixed in 5.10.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- swi-prolog Fixed in 5.10.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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