UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5320

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5320
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5320.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5320
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:44Z
Published
2017-10-18T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:10:32.163147Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.6?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-0ubuntu6.6

Affected versions

2.*

2.17-93ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu1
2.18-0ubuntu2
2.18-0ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu5
2.18-0ubuntu6
2.18-0ubuntu7
2.19-0ubuntu2
2.19-0ubuntu3
2.19-0ubuntu4
2.19-0ubuntu5
2.19-0ubuntu6
2.19-0ubuntu6.1
2.19-0ubuntu6.3
2.19-0ubuntu6.4
2.19-0ubuntu6.5

Ecosystem specific 

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