{
    "id": "CVE-2012-4412",
    "published": "2013-10-09 22:55:02",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:44:58",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-189",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.16665",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96932",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:10",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "glibc"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "37783",
            "title": "GNU glibc - 'strcoll()' Routine Integer Overflow",
            "date": "2012-09-07",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37783"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/55113",
        "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/2012/09/07/9",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/55113",
        "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/2012/09/07/9",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855385",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04"
    ]
}