{
    "id": "CVE-2012-3480",
    "published": "2012-08-25 10:29:51",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:43:18",
    "cvss_score": "4.6",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-189",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.00993",
    "epss_percentile": "0.61566",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:10",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "glibc"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "37631",
            "title": "GNU glibc - Multiple Local Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities",
            "date": "2012-08-13",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37631"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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",
        "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",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/50422",
        "http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14459"
    ]
}