CVE-2012-2114 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Stack-based buffer overflow in fprintf in musl before 0.8.8 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string to an unbuffered stream such as stderr.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01028.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Etalabs Subscribe	Musl Subscribe

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-2116	Stack-based buffer overflow in fprintf in musl before 0.8.8 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string to an unbuffered stream such as stderr.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.etalabs.net/musl/download.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2012/04/17/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53144

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-08-31T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:08.440Z

Reserved: 2012-04-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-2114

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-31T22:55:01.623

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-2114

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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