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CVE-2012-0864

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 2.72%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2013-05-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2012-0864
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
2.72%

Original NVD Description

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.