CVE-2012-4424
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4424
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-4424.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-4424
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2013-10-09T22:55:02Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-04T15:38:02.220768Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858238
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/16