7.5

CVE-2012-4412: gnu glibc Numeric Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-4412
Published 09-10-2013Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-4412 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 17.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (exploit-database, 07-09-2012)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
17.53%
0%100%
Medium · +0.87 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DLA-165-1MGASA-2013-0340OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1

Timeline

  1. 09-10-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

17.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.87 pp

From 16.66% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    GNU glibc - 'strcoll()' Routine Integer Overflow

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • glibc< 2.17-94
Gnu1 product
  • glibc≤ 2.17 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.1 | 2.11 | 2.1.1.6 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.10.1 | 2.11.1 | 2.11.2 | 2.11.3 | 2.12.1 | 2.12.2 | 2.14 | 2.14.1 | 2.15 | 2.16

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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