CVE-2012-2114

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Etalabs Musl: through 0.8.8

References

http://www.etalabs.net/musl/download.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2012/04/17/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53144
http://www.etalabs.net/musl/download.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2012/04/17/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53144

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