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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DLA-165-1 | eglibc security update |
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DSA-3169-1 | eglibc security update |
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EUVD-2015-1607 | 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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USN-2519-1 | GNU C Library vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T04:47:15.942Z
Reserved: 2015-02-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-1472

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-04-08T10:59:02.673
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-1472


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