CVE-2012-3406
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3406
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-3406.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-3406
- Related
- Published
- 2014-02-10T18:15:10Z
- Modified
- 2024-06-30T12:00:03Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.5, 2.12, and probably other versions does not "properly restrict the use of" the alloca function when allocating the SPECS array, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection mechanism and cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted format string using positional parameters and a large number of format specifiers, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3404 and CVE-2012-3405.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1097.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1098.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1185.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1200.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1589-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=594722
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826943
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/17
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3406
Affected packages
Debian:11 / glibc
Package
- Name
- glibc
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source
Debian:12 / glibc
Package
- Name
- glibc
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source
Debian:13 / glibc
Package
- Name
- glibc
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source