CVE-2012-0864

Published May 2, 2013

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.8
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-189

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "BFD5D113-EF53-4690-92AC-B6E54D70AA9B"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References