CVE-2014-5119
glibc: off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow flaw in __gconv_translit_find()
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · July 14, 2014
Updated · June 27, 2026
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWE-193 · Off-by-one Error