Is CVE-2014-5119 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-5119 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5119?

CVE-2014-5119 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2014-5119

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 17.0%EU EUVD

Off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find function in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the CHARSET environment variable and gconv transliteration modules.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 17.0% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-5017)
Published: August 29, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5017 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
gnu / glibc

References

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60345(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60358(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60441(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61074(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61093(Third Party Advisory)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119(Third Party Advisory)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96(Third Party Advisory)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02(Third Party Advisory)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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