CVE-2012-6089 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2012-6089

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the canoniseFileName function in os/pl-os.c...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the canoniseFileName function in os/pl-os.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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

swi-prolog
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 5.6.50, 5.6.51, 5.6.52, 5.6.53, 5.6.54, 5.6.55, 5.6.56, 5.6.57, 5.6.58, 5.6.59, 5.6.61, 5.6.62, 5.6.63, 5.6.64, 5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.10.0, 5.10.1, 5.10.2, 5.10.3, 5.10.4, 5.10.5, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6

Timeline

Official Publish: January 4th, 2013
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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