CVE-2014-5119
N/A
Published: August 29, 2014 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 17%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175
References (22)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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