CVE-2012-6090
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the expand function in os/pl-glob.c in SWI-Prolog before 6.2.5 and 6.3.x before 6.3.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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affected products (40)
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also known as (3)
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references (14)
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- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/7cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51709cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57134cnnvd
- http://www.swi-prolog.org/git/pl.git/commit/b2c88972e7515ada025e97e7d3ce3e34f81cf33ecnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891577cnnvd
- https://lists.iai.uni-bonn.de/pipermail/swi-prolog/2012/009428.htmlcnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/7enisa_euvd
- http://www.swi-prolog.org/git/pl.git/commit/b2c88972e7515ada025e97e7d3ce3e34f81cf33eenisa_euvd
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