Unscored severity · published May 2, 2013
CVE-2012-0864
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…
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CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Glibc · Gnu
2.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0864
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0864
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0393.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0397.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
sourceware.org
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7c1f4834d398163d1ac8101e35e9c36fc3176e6e
Exploit
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-02/msg00023.html
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