CVE-2011-5320

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 6.2
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-5320
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-10-18T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-08T17:05:29
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.14.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.2
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=3f8cc204fdd0 Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=20b38e0 Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13138#c4 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196745 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/12/14 Third Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?l=gimp-developer&m=129567990905823&w=2 Exploit
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5320
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-5320
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:11:54 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 22:05:24 2017-10-18T14:29Z 2017-10-18T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 22:05:24 2017-11-08T17:05:29 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 22:05:24 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated