CVE-2012-3404 (GCVE-0-2012-3404)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-10 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.12 and other versions does not properly calculate a buffer length, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (stack corruption and crash) via a format string that uses positional parameters and many format specifiers.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1200.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12445 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833703 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1098.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1589-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2011-02-20 00:00
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