CVE-2012-3404 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2012-3404?

CVE-2012-3404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 10 Feb 2014.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3404?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnu Glibc, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Virtualization.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3404?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-3404 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3404 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3404, GHSA-gm92-3frh-vrww.