CVE-2014-5119

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 29 Aug 2014, 17:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 11:34

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
44/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
21.51% HIGH
22% probability +4.31%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Aug 2014, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 11:34
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 21.51%• Percentile: 96%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • gnu•glibc

    < 2.20

References (22)