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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.

Published

2013-10-09T22:55:02.477

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-189
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application gnu glibc ≤ 2.17 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.2 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.3 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.4 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.5 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.0.6 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.1.6 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.2 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.3 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.1.9 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.10.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.11 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.11.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.11.2 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.11.3 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.12.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.12.2 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.13 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.14 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.14.1 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.15 Yes
Application gnu glibc 2.16 Yes
References