FKIE_CVE-2014-5119
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-08-29 16:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:11
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | glibc | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 |
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