CVE-2012-2114

critical

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in fprintf in musl before 0.8.8 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string to an unbuffered stream such as stderr.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53144

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2012/04/17/1

http://www.etalabs.net/musl/download.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01028