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
02 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 a risk-management decision for use of the alloca
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-04-08 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-02-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f9665d40dddb80a34cc26f39ded6d5ac075395dff39825d59ecf67634d954d10
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2519-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2519-1
- sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5bd80bfe9ca0d955bfbbc002781bc7b01b6bcb06
- www.securityfocus.com72499http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72499
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20150203 Re: CVE request: heap buffer overflow in glibc swscanfhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/04/1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- glibc Fixed in 2.19-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- glibc Fixed in 2.19-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- glibc Fixed in 2.19-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- eglibc Fixed in 2.19-0ubuntu6.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.