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title: "CVE-2012-4424\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4424

Publication date 9 October 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4424?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| eglibc | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 2.17-93ubuntu2 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 2.17-0ubuntu5.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu20.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu10.5 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.13 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| glibc | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4424?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

introduced in http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=5358d026c74

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| eglibc | * Upstream:   <https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=1326ba1af22068db9488c2328bdaf852b8a93dcf> * Upstream:   <https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=141f3a77fe4f1b59b0afa9bf6909cd2000448883> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4424)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4424)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4424)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4424)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1991-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1991-1)
+ GNU C Library vulnerabilities
+ 21 October 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/16>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4424>