CVE-2012-3405

The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.14 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 (segmentation fault and crash) via a format string with a large number of format specifiers that triggers "desynchronization within the buffer size handling," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3404.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2014-02-10 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:31


NVD link : CVE-2012-3405

Mitre link : CVE-2012-3405

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-3405


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • enterprise_virtualization

gnu

  • glibc
CWE
CWE-189

Numeric Errors