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Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc package, versions <2.19-15

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.31% (86th percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high
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Red Hat
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-GLIBC-356571
  • published 8 Apr 2015
  • disclosed 8 Apr 2015
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Introduced: 8 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-1472 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 glibc to version 2.19-15 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ADDW macro in stdio-common/vfscanf.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.21 does not properly consider data-type size during memory allocation, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long line containing wide characters that are improperly handled in a wscanf call.

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