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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5450

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5450 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13glibc2.42-11, 2.42-10, 2.43-2
Debian:11glibc2.34-3, 2.34-4, 2.34-5
Debian:14glibc0, 2.43-2, 2.43-1
Debian:12glibc2.40-1, 2.40-2, 2.40-2+sh4

Timeline

  • Apr 20, 2026 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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