CVE-2011-5320

published 2017-10-18

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.

Priority P4 17 medium 6.2 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	glibc	< glibc 2.15 (bookworm)	glibc 2.15 (bookworm)
gnu	glibc	<= 2.14.1	—
gnu	glibc	>= 0 < 2.15	2.15
gnu	glibc	>= 0 < 2.15	2.15
gnu	glibc	>= 0 < 2.15	2.15
gnu	glibc	>= 0 < 2.15	2.15

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 6.2 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv 6.2 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 6.2 MEDIUM

vendor_redhat 6.2 MEDIUM

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