DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3405

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2012-3405
Downstream
DLA-165-1
Published: 10 Feb 2014, 18:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:07

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Feb 2014, 18:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:07
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

Affected Systems

  • debian•glibc

    < 2.13-35 | < 2.13-35 | < 2.13-35 | < 2.13-35

References (1)