CVE-2012-3480

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-08-12
CWE:
CWE-190->CWE-121
Bugzilla:
847715: CVE-2012-3480 glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) strtod, (2) strtof, (3) strtold, (4) strtod_l, and other unspecified "related functions" in stdlib in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.16 allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Find out more about CVE-2012-3480 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.4
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
RHEV Agents (VDSM) RHSA-2012:1262 2012-09-13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (glibc) RHSA-2012:1208 2012-08-27
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (glibc) RHSA-2012:1207 2012-08-27
RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) RHSA-2012:1325 2012-10-02

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