The vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in libc in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.14 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 (segmentation fault and crash) via a format string with a large number of format specifiers that triggers "desynchronization within the buffer size handling," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3404.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-02-10T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.277Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-3405

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-02-10T18:15:10.073

Modified: 2019-04-22T17:48:00.643

Link: CVE-2012-3405

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3405 - Bugzilla