CVE-2015-1473

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:24

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=5bd80bfe9ca0d955bfbbc002781bc7b01b6bcb06', 'name': 'https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=5bd80bfe9ca0d955bfbbc002781bc7b01b6bcb06', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • () https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5bd80bfe9ca0d955bfbbc002781bc7b01b6bcb06 -

Information

Published : 2015-04-08 10:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:31


NVD link : CVE-2015-1473

Mitre link : CVE-2015-1473

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-1473


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Products Affected

gnu

  • glibc

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer