CVE-2014-5119

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.42% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/60441 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738 vdb entry third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60345 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61093 third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983 vdb entry third party advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187 issue tracking third party advisory
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96 third party advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61074 third party advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60358 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-5119?
CVE-2014-5119 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-5119?
To fix CVE-2014-5119, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-5119 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-5119 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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