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 a risk-management decision for use of the alloca function, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or overwrite memory locations beyond the stack boundary via a long line containing wide characters that are improperly handled in a wscanf call.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-165-1 | eglibc security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3169-1 | eglibc security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2015-1608 | 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 a risk-management decision for use of the alloca function, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or overwrite memory locations beyond the stack boundary via a long line containing wide characters that are improperly handled in a wscanf call. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2519-1 | GNU C Library vulnerabilities |
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Solution
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Workaround
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T04:47:16.189Z
Reserved: 2015-02-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-1473
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-04-08T10:59:03.627
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-1473
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN