CVE-2012-4424
EPSS 0.61%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-4424
To remediate CVE-2012-4424, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.17-94 or later
Is CVE-2012-4424 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.17-94