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CVE-2014-5119 (GCVE-0-2014-5119)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-08-29 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:34
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Summary
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
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2014-07-13 00:00
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