{"id":"CVE-2012-4412","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4412","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:20:23.665Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2013-10-09T22:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:44:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-189"],"affected":["gnu/glibc"],"epss":{"score":0.17531,"percentile":0.97147,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-09-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37783,"kind":"exploit","title":"GNU glibc - 'strcoll()' Routine Integer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37783","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/37783.c","file":"exploits/linux/dos/37783.c","published":"2012-09-07","added":"2012-09-07","updated":"2015-08-16","author":"Jan iankko Lieskovsky","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-4412","OSVDB-98142"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55462/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55113","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/9","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55113","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4412","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}