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Vulnerability details: VCID-j1kz-azyx-aaac
Vulnerability ID VCID-j1kz-azyx-aaac
Aliases CVE-2015-1472
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1472.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2199
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2589
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1188235
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7424
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4043
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9402
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1472
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1473
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1472
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2519-1
generic_textual Medium http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/01/8
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/04/1
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1472.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-1472.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-1472
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3406
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7424
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4043
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9402
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1472
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1473
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5bd80bfe9ca0d955bfbbc002781bc7b01b6bcb06
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=5bd80bfe9ca0d955bfbbc002781bc7b01b6bcb06
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00119.html
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2519-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/01/8
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72428
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2519-1
1188235 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1188235
777197 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=777197
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-1472 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1472
RHSA-2015:2199 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2199
RHSA-2015:2589 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2589
USN-2519-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2519-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1472
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85292
EPSS Score 0.01143
Published At Nov. 18, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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