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TI-2015-01334 Aliases CVE-2015-1473GHSA-jx9c-49v7-hj5h

The ADDW macro in stdio-common/vfscanf.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before…

Priority LOW 33CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

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 a risk-management decision for use of the alloca function, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) or overwrite memory locations beyond the stack boundary via a long line containing wide characters that are improperly handled in a wscanf call.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02129 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*10.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*12.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*14.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.20VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 10.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 12.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.20 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2015:2589 Released 2015-12-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    glibc security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1) glibc-2.17-79.el7_1, glibc-common-2.17-79.el7_1, glibc-devel-2.17-79.el7_1 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1) glibc-static-2.17-79.el7_1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) glibc-2.17-79.ael7b_1, glibc-2.17-79.el7_1, glibc-2.17-79.el7_1.ppc +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1) glibc-static-2.17-79.ael7b_1, glibc-static-2.17-79.el7_1, glibc-static-2.17-79.el7_1.ppc
  • RHSA-2015:2199 Released 2015-11-19 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) glibc-2.17-105.el7, glibc-common-2.17-105.el7, glibc-devel-2.17-105.el7 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) glibc-static-2.17-105.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) glibc-2.17-105.el7, glibc-common-2.17-105.el7, glibc-devel-2.17-105.el7 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) glibc-static-2.17-105.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) glibc-2.17-105.el7, glibc-2.17-105.el7.ppc, glibc-common-2.17-105.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) glibc-static-2.17-105.el7, glibc-static-2.17-105.el7.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) glibc-2.17-105.el7, glibc-common-2.17-105.el7, glibc-devel-2.17-105.el7 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) glibc-static-2.17-105.el7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:2199
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:2199
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:2199
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)Fixed RHSA-2015:2589
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:2199
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1)Fixed RHSA-2015:2589
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:2199
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)Fixed RHSA-2015:2589
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:2199
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)Fixed RHSA-2015:2589
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:2199
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:2199
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1473
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jx9c-49v7-hj5h

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

Sources

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