VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-1472
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability4.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-04-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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 memory allocation, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long line containing wide characters that are improperly handled in a wscanf call.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer