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CVE-2012-3480

Published: Aug 25, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20120813 CVE Request -- glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines

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FEDORA-2012-11927

vendor-advisory

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vdb-entry

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vdb-entry

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[oss-security] 20120813 Re: CVE Request -- glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines

mailing-list

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vendor-advisory

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[libc-alpha] 20120812 Fix strtod integer/buffer overflow (bug 14459)

mailing-list

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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14459

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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vdb-entry

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third-party-advisory

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third-party-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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