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CVE-2012-3480

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) strtod, (2) strtof, (3) strtold, (4) strtod_l, and other...

4.6 MediumPublic exploitFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

0.99%Down 6.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

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.

Record
CVE-2012-3480
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-189
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-3480
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-3436 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2012-3436
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mch7-w8fj-4pc4 No score

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) strtod, (2) strtof, (3) strtold, (4) strtod_l, and other...

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.

Record
GHSA-mch7-w8fj-4pc4
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-3480
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3480 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3480
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0551-1 No score

Security update for glibc

This update for glibc contains the following fixes:

* Fix integer overflows in malloc (CVE-2013-4332, bnc#839870)
* Fix buffer overflow in glob (bnc#691365)
* Fix buffer overflow in strcoll (CVE-2012-4412, bnc#779320)
* Update mount flags in <sys/mount.h> (bnc#791928)
* Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher (CVE-2013-0242, bnc#801246)
* Fix memory leaks in dlopen (bnc#811979)
* Fix stack overflow in getaddrinfo with many results (CVE-2013-1914,
  bnc#813121)
* Fix check for XEN build in glibc_post_upgrade that causes missing
  init re-exec (bnc#818628)
* Don't raise UNDERFLOW in tan/tanf for small but normal argument
  (bnc#819347)
* Properly cross page boundary in SSE4.2 implementation of strcmp
  (bnc#822210)
* Fix robust mutex handling after fork (bnc#827811)
* Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset (bnc#828235)
* Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet (bnc#828637)
* Initialize pointer guard also in static executables (CVE-2013-4788,
  bnc#830268)
* Fix readdir_r with long file names (CVE-2013-4237, bnc#834594).

Security Issues:

* CVE-2012-4412
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4412>
* CVE-2013-0242
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0242>
* CVE-2013-1914
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1914>
* CVE-2013-4237
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4237>
* CVE-2013-4332
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4332>
* CVE-2013-4788
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4788>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0551-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glibc
Debian:12
before 2.13-36
2.13-36
glibc
Debian:13
before 2.13-36
2.13-36
glibc
Debian:14
before 2.13-36
2.13-36
eglibc
Debian:6.0
before 2.11.3-4+deb6u5, plus listed versions
2.11.2-102.11.2-10+m68k.12.11.2-112.11.2-11+m68k.12.11.2-12
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2.11.2-132.11.3-12.11.3-22.11.3-32.11.3-4
2.11.3-4+deb6u5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
0:2.5-81.el5_8.7
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
0:2.12-1.80.el6_3.5
rhev-hypervisor6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor
before 0:6.3-20120926.0.el6_3
0:6.3-20120926.0.el6_3

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBGNU glibc - Multiple Local Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities2012-08-13

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-3480 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Gnu Glibc, published August 25, 2012. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.99%, the 62nd percentile. Fixed in glibc 2.13-36.

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