#VU42478 Heap-based buffer overflow in Glibc - CVE-2012-4412

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#VU42478 Heap-based buffer overflow in Glibc - CVE-2012-4412

Published: October 10, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42478
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4412
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Glibc
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Integer overflow in string/strcoll_l.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier. A remote attacker can use a long string to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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