CVE-2015-1473
Public on 2015-04-08
Modified on 2015-12-13
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.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | glibc | 2015-12-14 | ALAS-2015-617 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |