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CVE-2012-3404
Published: Feb 10, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.12 and other versions does not properly calculate a buffer length, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (stack corruption and crash) via a format string that uses positional parameters and many format specifiers.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
RHSA-2012:1200
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12445
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833703
x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-201503-04
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
RHSA-2012:1098
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-1589-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20120711 Re: CVE request: glibc formatted printing vulnerabilities
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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