CVE-2013-0221: opensuse Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-0221 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in opensuse. EPSS estimates a 7.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 23-11-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string to the sort command, when using the (1) -d or (2) -M switch, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.24%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 7.24% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (build.opensuse.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.novell.com)
Maturity: unknown
GNU Coreutils 'sort' Text Utility - Local Buffer Overflow
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL12.1 | 12.2
Redhat1 product
- enterprise_linuxEOL6.0
2 vendors · 2 products
