CVE-2014-5119

Home/CVE/Off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find function in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) allows context-depe

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Off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find function in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) allows context-depe

Off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find function in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the CHARSET environment variable and gconv transliteration modules.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.21511

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Affected Products & Versions

gnu glibc< 2.20

debian linuxall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

localglibc - NUL Byte gconv_translit_find Off-by-Oneverified

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD29 Aug 2014 · 04:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1
usnUSN-2328-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2015_0794-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0253-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0439-1
Show all 8 vendor advisoriesrhsaRHSA-2014:1118Important
rhsaRHSA-2014:1110Important
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0551-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/60345Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/60358Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/60441Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/61074Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/61093Third Party Advisory

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119Third Party Advisory

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96Third Party Advisory

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02Third Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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