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 arbitrary code via a long string that triggers a malloc failure and use of the alloca function.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.1 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2013-10-09

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Glibc (Gnu)

References

• http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/16
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858238
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04