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CVE-2012-0864

Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in glibc 2.14 and other versions allows context-dep

Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in glibc 2.14 and other versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism, conduct format string attacks, and write to arbitrary memory via a large number of arguments.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.03036
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnu glibcall versions

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3

Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD02 May 2013 · 02:55 PM

Vendor Advisories

5
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0551-1
rhsaRHSA-2012:0531Important
rhsaRHSA-2012:0393Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2012:0397Moderate
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