CVE-2012-2114
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in fprintf in musl before 0.8.8 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string to an unbuffered stream such as stderr.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| etalabs | musl | {"endIncluding":"0.8.8"} | |
References
- http://www.etalabs.net/musl/download.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2012/04/17/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53144
- http://www.etalabs.net/musl/download.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2012/04/17/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53144
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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