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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 17.53% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 September 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- gnu/glibc
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 17.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547Exploit, 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/2012/09/07/9
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547Exploit, 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/2012/09/07/9
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.