CVE-2012-3480 in C Libraryinfo

Summary

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.

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Reservation

06/14/2012

Disclosure

08/25/2012

Entries

1

CPE

ready

Exploit

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CVSS

5.9

EPSS

0.00203

Activities

Very Low

Sources

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