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CVE-2012-4412

Published: Oct 09, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.4 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4412
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GlibcGnu*2.17 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
GlibcGnu2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.1.6 (including)2.1.1.6 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.3 (including)2.1.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.1.9 (including)2.1.9 (including)
GlibcGnu2.10.1 (including)2.10.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11 (including)2.11 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11.1 (including)2.11.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11.2 (including)2.11.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.11.3 (including)2.11.3 (including)
GlibcGnu2.12.1 (including)2.12.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.12.2 (including)2.12.2 (including)
GlibcGnu2.13 (including)2.13 (including)
GlibcGnu2.14 (including)2.14 (including)
GlibcGnu2.14.1 (including)2.14.1 (including)
GlibcGnu2.15 (including)2.15 (including)
GlibcGnu2.16 (including)2.16 (including)
EglibcUbuntudevel*
EglibcUbuntulucid*
EglibcUbuntunatty*
EglibcUbuntuoneiric*
EglibcUbuntuprecise*
EglibcUbuntuquantal*
EglibcUbunturaring*
EglibcUbuntusaucy*
GlibcUbuntuhardy*

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