pl: buffer overflows in path canonisation and expansion of file names with long paths
Published Jan 4, 2013
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.13%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 6.2.4
- 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
Configuration 2
- 6.3.0
- 6.3.1
- 6.3.2
- 6.3.3
- 6.3.4
- 6.3.5
- 6.3.6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
pl
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pl | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.13% (0.03134) | 87.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.13% (0.03130) | 86.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.10% (0.02104) | 82.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.45% (0.05447) | 83.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.83% (0.01830) | 81.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.48% (0.03485) | 91.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 6.06% (0.06063) | 93.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 2.74% (0.02743) | 90.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 1.95% (0.01950) | 88.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 1.65% (0.01655) | 87.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 1.31% (0.01313) | 85.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 1.33% (0.01334) | 85.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.29% (0.05295) | 91.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 87.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 86.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 70.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.swi-prolog.org/git/pl.git/commit/b2c88972e7515ada025e97e7d3ce3e34f81cf33e x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6090 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891577 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://lists.iai.uni-bonn.de/pipermail/swi-prolog/2012/009428.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6090
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6090
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.swi-prolog.org/git/pl.git/commit/b2c88972e7515ada025e97e7d3ce3e34f81cf33e | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6090 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891577 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://lists.iai.uni-bonn.de/pipermail/swi-prolog/2012/009428.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6090 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6090 |
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