Out-of-Bounds Affecting eglibc package, versions <2.19-0ubuntu6.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.14% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-EGLIBC-282748
  • published8 Apr 2015
  • disclosed8 Apr 2015

Introduced: 8 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-1472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 eglibc to version 2.19-0ubuntu6.6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eglibc package and not the eglibc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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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