CVE-2015-1473
glibc: Stack-overflow in glibc swscanf
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · February 21, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A stack overflow flaw was found in glibc's swscanf() function. An attacker able to make an application call the swscanf() function could use this flaw to crash that application or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.
Statement
This issue does not affect the version of glibc package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow