CVE-2011-5320

MEDIUM

glibc < 2.14.1 - Denial of Service via scanf Large String Input

Title source: llm

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.

Core 6

Core References

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CVSS v3 6.2

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (1)

gnu/glibc < 2.14.1

Published Oct 18, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026