VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-5320
scanf and related functions in glibc before 2.15 allow local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large string of 0s.
MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
scanf and related functions in glibc before 2.15 allow local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large string of 0s.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/glibc
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/12/14Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196745Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=gimp-developer&m=129567990905823&w=2Exploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13138#c4Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=20b38e0
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f8cc204fdd0
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/12/14Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196745Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=gimp-developer&m=129567990905823&w=2Exploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13138#c4Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=20b38e0
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f8cc204fdd0
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.