FKIE_CVE-2012-0864

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-05-02 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:38
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0393.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0397.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7c1f4834d398163d1ac8101e35e9c36fc3176e6e
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-02/msg00023.htmlExploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.phrack.org/issues.html?issue=67&id=9#articleExploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52201Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794766
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0393.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0397.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7c1f4834d398163d1ac8101e35e9c36fc3176e6e
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-02/msg00023.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.phrack.org/issues.html?issue=67&id=9#articleExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52201Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794766
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu glibc 2.14

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:38:24.650",
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