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CVE-2012-4424

nvd nist
Published: Oct 9, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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5.1
Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 4.9 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (26)

Products: Gnu: Glibc
1 product
Glibc
Configuration A
26 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Gnu
Up to 2.17
Version 2.0.1
Version 2.0.2
Version 2.0.3
Version 2.0.4
Version 2.0.5
Version 2.0.6
Version 2.0
Version 2.1.1.6
Version 2.1.1
Version 2.1.2
Version 2.1.3
Version 2.1.9
Version 2.10.1
Version 2.11.1
Version 2.11.2
Version 2.11.3
Version 2.11
Version 2.12.1
Version 2.12.2
Version 2.13
Version 2.14.1
Version 2.14
Version 2.15
Version 2.16
Version 2.1

References (14)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
ExploitPatch
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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