Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc-langpack-li package, versions <0:2.34-272.el9_8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-GLIBCLANGPACKLI-17777339
  • published2 Jul 2026
  • disclosed20 Apr 2026

Introduced: 20 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-5450  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 glibc-langpack-li to version 0:2.34-272.el9_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2026:33226.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-langpack-li package and not the glibc-langpack-li package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Calling the scanf family of functions with a %mc (malloc'd character match) in the GNU C Library version 2.7 to version 2.43 with a format width specifier with an explicit width greater than 1024 could result in a one byte heap buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1