VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-0242
Buffer overflow in the extend_buffers function in the regular expression matcher (posix/regexec.c) in glibc, possibly 2.17 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via crafted multibyte…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.85%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in the extend_buffers function in the regular expression matcher (posix/regexec.c) in glibc, possibly 2.17 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via crafted multibyte characters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.85% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/glibc
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://osvdb.org/89747
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51951Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15078Patch
- http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-01/msg00967.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/30/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57638
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028063
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81707
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- http://osvdb.org/89747
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51951Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15078Patch
- http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-01/msg00967.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/30/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57638
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028063
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81707
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.