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.
Published: 2017-10-18
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-5219 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:30:47.017Z

Reserved: 2015-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-5320

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-18T14:29:00.217

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2011-5320

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-01-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-5320 - Bugzilla

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