CVE-2026-5450
EUVD-2026-2397820.04.2026, 21:16
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.Enginsight
Affected Products (NVD)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| gnu | glibc | 2.7 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2.43 |
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian Releases
Common Weakness Enumeration
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds WriteThe software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.