{"cve":"CVE-2012-4424","nvd":{"published":"2013-10-09T22:55:02.587","modified":"2026-06-16T23:44:59.513","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14547","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/16","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1"],"products":["gnu:glibc"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:30:15.895642412+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-4424","score":0.03377,"percentile":0.88769,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}