CVE-2012-5667 Integer overflow in n/a
Medium 4.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5667 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-5667 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jan 2013.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-5667 exists.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5667/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5667/index.md)
Integer overflows in GNU Grep allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via long input lines causing heap-based buffer overflows.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-5667?
CVE-2012-5667 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jan 2013.
Official description
Multiple integer overflows in GNU Grep before 2.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a long input line that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5667?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Grep.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5667?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2012-5667 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-5667 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5667, GHSA-ww72-x43x-r55q.