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Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2017· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-5320

CVE-2011-5320

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.

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Affected products

2

GNU/Glibc
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.14.1
glibc/glibcllm-fuzzy
Range: <2.15

Patches

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References

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marc.infonvdExploit
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/12/14nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
sourceware.org/git/nvd
sourceware.org/git/nvd

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