{
    "id": "CVE-2014-5119",
    "published": "2014-08-29 16:55:11",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:11:05",
    "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": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.16968",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96972",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:13",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "glibc"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "34421",
            "title": "glibc - NUL Byte gconv_translit_find Off-by-One",
            "date": "2014-08-27",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34421"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html",
        "http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/60345",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/60358",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/60441",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/61074",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/61093",
        "http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119",
        "http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738",
        "https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96",
        "https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02",
        "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187",
        "http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html",
        "http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html"
    ]
}