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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…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.47%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=20b38e0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13138#c4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://marc.info/?l=gimp-developer&m=129567990905823&w=2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150312 Re: CVE request: glibc scanf implementation crashes on certain inputs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196745 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f8cc204fdd0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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