CVE-2012-3404
EPSS 0.60%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-3404
To remediate CVE-2012-3404, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.13-35 or later
Is CVE-2012-3404 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.13-35