CVE-2014-5119

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-07-14
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

An off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in glibc's internal __gconv_translit_find() function. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv_open() function with a specially crafted argument could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that application.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (glibc)	ELSA-2014-1110	2014-08-29
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)	ELSA-2014-1110	2014-08-29
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2014-1110	2014-08-29