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CVE-2012-4412 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385	CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113	CVE
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/9	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1	CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113	[email protected]
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/9	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnu glibc	<= 2.17 2.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.0.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

gnu glibc

<= 2.17

2.0

2.0.1

2.0.2

2.0.3

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]