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CVE-2026-5450
Component Overview
Vulnerability Overview
Name
CVE-2026-5450
Source
NVD (
link
)
Debian (
link
)
Description
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.
CWEs
CWE-122
CWE-787
Published Date
Apr 20, 2026
Updated Date
Jun 17, 2026
Workaround
-
Advisories
https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-announce/b11f0003-6ec1-4bd6-b9de-9e38a4efeca3@redhat.com/T/#u
Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-5450
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-5450
Exploit
Analysis
#
Affected Component
Analysis
glibc
Exploitable
Vulnerability Ratings
#
9.8
CVSSv31
NaN
other
Others affected components
#
Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
glibc
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.41-137-gb676adadbc1f5fb2f31bc484a7628cca89ae6f22
Exploitable
glibc
buildroot
master
2.43-27-g4070d808bea1c077eb7e7d52b52b91cae98205d5
Not Affected
glibc
yocto
master
2.43+git
Patched
glibc
yocto
scarthgap
2.39+git
Exploitable
Resolved with patches
#
glibc (yocto:master)
#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
stdio-common: Fix buffer overflow in scanf %mc [BZ #34008]
Rocket Ma <marocketbd@gmail.com>
CVE-2026-5450