CVE-2012-3480
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-3480 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-08-25 10:29:51 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | Multiple integer overflows in the (1) strtod, (2) strtof, (3) strtold, (4) strtod_l, and other unspecified "related functions" in stdlib in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.16 allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: glibc-2.15-56.fc17 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| USN-1589-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.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 | |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| oss-security - CVE Request -- glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Security Advisory SA50422 - Red Hat update for glibc - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Glibc stdlib Buffer Overflows May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| GNU glibc Multiple Local Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Joseph S. Myers - Fix strtod integer/buffer overflow (bug 14459) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceware.org | |
| 14459 – (CVE-2012-3480) strtod integer and buffer overflows (CVE-2012-3480) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceware.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| osvdb.org/84710 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-3480 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Bug 847715 – CVE-2012-3480 glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines | MITRE | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.