Off-by-one Error in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library Allows Arbitrary Code Execution

CVE-2014-5119 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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