The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.12 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 (stack corruption and crash) via a format string that uses positional parameters and many format specifiers.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-02-10T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.567Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-3404

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-02-10T18:15:10.013

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:40:48.117

Link: CVE-2012-3404

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3404 - Bugzilla