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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.599Z

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

Link: CVE-2012-4412

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-09T22:55:02.477

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4412

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4412 - Bugzilla