CVE-2012-0864

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 2, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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