CVE-2026-5450
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Calling the scanf family of functions with a %mc (malloc'd character match) in the GNU C Library version 2.7 to version 2.43 with a format width specifier with an explicit width greater than 1024 could result in a one byte heap buffer overflow.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The GNU C Library | glibc | 2.7 < * | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122: CWE-122 Heap-based buffer overflow
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: total
Additional References
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-5450
- https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-announce/b11f0003-6ec1-4bd6-b9de-9e38a4efeca3@redhat.com/T/#u
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