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TI-2012-01887 Aliases CVE-2012-2114GHSA-xm6q-pww3-56gm

Stack-based buffer overflow in fprintf in musl before 0.8.8 and earlier allows…

Priority LOW 37CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02433 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:etalabs:musl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.8.8VulnerableEtalabs
  • cpe:2.3:a:etalabs:musl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.8.8 Vulnerable ·Etalabs

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-2114
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xm6q-pww3-56gm

References

Other 4

  • TI-2016-07273 Multiple integer overflows in the TRE library and musl libc allow attackers to cause… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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