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…

published October 9, 2013

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
88.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03377 · 88.6th percentile
Published
2013-10-09T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 OCT 22:00Z
    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…
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