CVE-2013-0242

Published: Feb 8, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Glibc

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Glibc	Version 2.17

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (30)

http://osvdb.org/89747

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/51951

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/55113

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15078

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-01/msg00967.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/30/5

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57638

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028063

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81707

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://osvdb.org/89747

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/51951

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/55113

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15078

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-01/msg00967.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/30/5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57638

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028063

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81707

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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