UpHeron
All vulnerabilities

Servers and applications

CVE-2012-0864

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.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
2 May 2013
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
2.7% in the next 30 daysHigher than 86% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
CWE-189
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
GNU C LibraryServers and applications · cpe:a:gnu:glibc
  • Version 2.14

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0864
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0864