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.
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First Time appeared The Gnu C Library
The Gnu C Library glibc
Vendors & Products The Gnu C Library
The Gnu C Library glibc

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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.
Title scanf %mc off-by-one heap buffer overflow
Weaknesses CWE-122
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: glibc

Published: 2026-04-20T20:55:41.170Z

Updated: 2026-04-20T20:55:41.170Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T21:47:21.403Z

Link: CVE-2026-5450

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-20T21:16:36.850

Modified: 2026-04-20T21:16:36.850

Link: CVE-2026-5450

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