Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-3480
CVE-2012-3480
Description
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.
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References
15- secunia.com/advisories/50201nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/085190.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/84710nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1207.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1208.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/50422nvd
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/4nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/6nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/54982nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1589-1nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04nvd
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