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CVE-2012-3410

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in lib/sh/eaccess.c in GNU Bash before 4.2 patch 33 might allow local users to bypass intended restricted shell access via a long filename in /dev/fd, which is not properly handled when expanding the /dev/fd prefix.

Affected products

• GNU Bash: 4.2

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681278
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51086
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:128
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/11
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/22
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/12/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54937
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77551
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15227834

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