CVE-2015-1472
EPSS 3.1%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-1472
To remediate CVE-2015-1472, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.19-15 or later
Is CVE-2015-1472 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.19-15