CVE-2012-2114

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2114
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-31 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in fprintf in musl before 0.8.8 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string to an unbuffered stream such as stderr.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Etalabs Musl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
musl libc Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
musl - musl security advisory #001: stack buffer overflow in vfprintf with long output af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
musl - Download af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.etalabs.net
oss-security - Re: Stack-based buffer overflow in musl libc 0.8.7 and earlier af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Stack-based buffer overflow in musl libc 0.8.7 and earlier af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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