CVE-2011-5320
N/A
Published: October 18, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/12/14x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196745x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://marc.info/?l=gimp-developer&m=129567990905823&w=2x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13138#c4x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=20b38e0x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f8cc204fdd0Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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