CVE-2012-3480

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 25 Aug 2012, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 20:05

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
4.6 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.29% LOW
0% probability +0.09%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Aug 2012, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 20:05
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) strtod, (2) strtof, (3) strtold, (4) strtod_l, and other unspecified "related functions" in stdlib in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.16 allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.29%• Percentile: 53%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • gnu•glibc

    2.16

References (16)