Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2017· Updated May 13, 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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- 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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