CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-5320

6.2 MEDIUM Published 2017-10-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-10-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu glibc (<= 2.14.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References