Integer Overflow in vfprintf Function in glibc Allows Format String Attacks and Arbitrary Memory Write

CVE-2012-0864 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Integer overflow in the vfprintf function in stdio-common/vfprintf.c in glibc 2.14 and other versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism, conduct format string attacks, and write to arbitrary memory via a large number of arguments.

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