CVE-2012-0864

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0864
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-05-02 14:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc 2.14 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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.:: Phrack Magazine ::. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phrack.org Exploit
GNU glibc 'nargs' Integer Overflow Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Bug 794766 – CVE-2012-0864 glibc: FORTIFY_SOURCE format string protection bypass via "nargs" integer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Kees Cook - [PATCH] vfprintf: validate nargs and positional offsets af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Exploit
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff MITRE sourceware.org
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