6.2

CVE-2011-5320: gnu glibc

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2011-5320DEBIAN-CVE-2011-5320
Published 18-10-2017Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-5320 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.2/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-165-1

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

scanf and related functions in glibc before 2.15 allow local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large string of 0s.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (marc.info)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • glibc< 2.15
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • eglibc< 2.19-0ubuntu6.6

3 vendors · 3 products

References

10 links