CVE-2012-3405 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the vfprintf function of the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.14 and other versions, affecting products from Canonical, GNU, and Red Hat. Attackers can exploit a buffer length miscalculation by providing a format string with numerous specifiers, bypassing FORTIFY_SOURCE protection and leading to a segmentation fault. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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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