CVE-2012-0864 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Glibc

CWE-189CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.0%
top 13.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Glibc
Timeline
PublishedMay 2
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgnu/glibc2.14

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x2p4-f3vf-gwp3: Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2012-0864: Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf↗2013-05-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
GNU C Library vulnerabilities↗2012-03-09
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Red Hat
glibc: FORTIFY_SOURCE format string protection bypass via "nargs" integer overflow↗2010-11-17
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-0864 glibc: FORTIFY_SOURCE format string protection bypass via "nargs" integer overflow↗2012-02-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-0864 glibc: F_S format string protection bypass via "nargs" integer overflow [fedora-all]↗2012-02-17
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CVE-2012-0864 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Glibc | cvebase