Stack-based buffer 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 that triggers a malloc failure and use of the alloca function.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-10-09T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.734Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-4424

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-09T22:55:02.587

Modified: 2017-07-01T01:29:02.797

Link: CVE-2012-4424

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4424 - Bugzilla