Vulnerability in Gnu Glibc

CVE-2012-4412

Integer 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.

EPSS: 0.167 (96.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Glibc — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4412?
CVE-2012-4412 is a vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, classified under CWE-189. Published 2013-10-09.
Is CVE-2012-4412 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.