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.
Published: 2013-05-02
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 3.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0889 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1396-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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Gnu Glibc
Redhat Enterprise Linux
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:38:14.911Z

Reserved: 2012-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0864

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Status : Modified

Published: 2013-05-02T14:55:05.127

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0864

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-11-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-0864 - Bugzilla

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