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CVE-2013-1914

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
29/04/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of domain conversion results.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.17 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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