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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.734Z
Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-4424

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2013-10-09T22:55:02.587
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2012-4424
