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ubuntu-cve-2011-5320

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-10-18 14:29

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5320	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/12	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5320	REPORT

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CVE-2011-5320 (GCVE-0-2011-5320)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-18 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:30

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

6 references

URL	Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196745	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2011-01-22 00:00

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2011-5320 (GCVE-0-2011-5320)

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