CVE-2012-4424

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    CVE-2012-4424

    Published: 9 Oct 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: 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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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