CVE-2012-3480
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD
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.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 1.0% (63th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3436)
- Published
- August 25, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3436 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / glibc
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085190.html
- http://osvdb.org/84710
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1207.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1208.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50201(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50422
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14459
- http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-08/msg00202.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54982
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027374
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1589-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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