Vulnerability in Gnu Glibc

CVE-2014-5119

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.

EPSS: 0.181 (96.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Gnu Glibc
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-189

References

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secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
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