CVE-2014-5119

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.

• CWE-189

• http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60345Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60358Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60441Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61074Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61093Third Party Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119Third Party Advisory
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96Third Party Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60345Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60358Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60441Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61074Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61093Third Party Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119Third Party Advisory
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96Third Party Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 29, 2014

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified