CVE-2012-6090
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the expand function in os/pl-glob.c in SWI-Prolog before 6.2.5 and 6.3.x before 6.3.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the expand function in os/pl-glob.c in SWI-Prolog before 6.2.5 and 6.3.x before 6.3.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.13% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- swi-prolog/swi-prolog
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/7
- http://www.swi-prolog.org/git/pl.git/commit/b2c88972e7515ada025e97e7d3ce3e34f81cf33ePatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891577
- https://lists.iai.uni-bonn.de/pipermail/swi-prolog/2012/009428.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/7
- http://www.swi-prolog.org/git/pl.git/commit/b2c88972e7515ada025e97e7d3ce3e34f81cf33ePatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891577
- https://lists.iai.uni-bonn.de/pipermail/swi-prolog/2012/009428.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.