CVE-2012-3410
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in lib/sh/eaccess.c in GNU Bash before 4.2 patch 33 might allow local users to bypass intended restricted shell access via a long filename in /dev/fd, which is not properly handled when expanding the /dev/fd prefix.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3380)
- Published
- August 27, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3380 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / bash
References
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-4.2-patches/bash42-033(Patch)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681278(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51086
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:128
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/22
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/12/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54937
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77551
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15227834
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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