CVE-2015-1472 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc) versions prior to 2.21, specifically affecting the ADDW macro in stdio-common/vfscanf.c. This flaw, triggered by improper handling of long lines with wide characters in wscanf calls, impacts Canonical Ubuntu Linux and GNU glibc. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered high severity, allowing unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially other unspecified impacts over the network with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, including mentions in relation to Chinese state-sponsored hacking activities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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