CVE-2012-4412

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4412
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-09 22:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.5 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.0.6 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.1.9 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.10.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.11 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.11.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.11.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.11.3 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.12.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.12.2 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.13 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.14 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.14.1 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.15 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc 2.16 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
855385 – (CVE-2012-4412) CVE-2012-4412 glibc: strcoll() integer overflow leading to buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Full Disclosure: SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Bug 14547 – strcoll integer / buffer overflow (CVE-2012-4412, CVE-2012-4424) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Exploit, Patch
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- glibc: strcoll() integer overflow leading to buffer overflow + another alloca() stack overflow issue (upstream #14547 && #14552) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Bugtraq: SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
USN-1991-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:284 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:283 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series Code Execution / Hardcoded Credentials ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
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