CVE-2012-0864: gnu glibc Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-0864 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 2.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 02-05-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.72%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
86%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.72% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (phrack.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat9 products
- glibc< 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 | < 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1
- glibc-common< 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 | < 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1
- glibc-debuginfo< 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 | < 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1
- glibc-debuginfo-common< 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 | < 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1
- glibc-devel< 0:2.12-1.47.el6_2.9 | < 0:2.5-81.el5_8.1
Gnu1 product
- glibc2.14
2 vendors · 10 products
