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CVE-2012-3368 json

Integer signedness error in attach.c in dtach 0.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from daemon stack memory in oppor…

published 2012-07-03 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3342

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer signedness error in attach.c in dtach 0.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from daemon stack memory in opportunistic circumstances by reading application data after an improper connection-close request, as demonstrated by running an IRC client in dtach.

Patch / fix

  • dtach Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.8-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3368

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3368 updated cvss 5.0

dtach: Memory portion (random stack data) disclosure to the client by unclean client disconnect

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 dtach Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 dtach
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812551 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3517812&group_id=36489&atid=417357 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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