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NIST has updated the NVD program announcement page with additional information regarding recent concerns and the temporary delays in enrichment efforts.

CVE-2014-5119 Detail

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.


Severity



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Hyperlink Resource
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html Third Party 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 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/60345 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/60358 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/60441 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/61074 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/61093 Third Party Advisory 
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119 Third Party Advisory 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96 Third Party Advisory 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 Third Party Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-5119
NVD Published Date:
08/29/2014
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.