CVE-2012-3404 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the vfprintf function of GNU C Library (glibc) versions 2.12 and others, affecting products from Canonical, GNU, and Red Hat. This flaw allows attackers to bypass FORTIFY_SOURCE format-string protection, leading to stack corruption and system crashes. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it indicates a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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