CVE-2012-4424
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4359)
- Published
- October 9, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4359 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
References
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/16
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858238
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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