CVE-2013-4237: gnu glibc
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-4237 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 3.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1Timeline
- 09-10-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
sysdeps/posix/readdir_r.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) NTFS or (2) CIFS image.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.83%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.83% on 04-10-2026
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
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- glibc< 2.17-94
Gnu1 product
- glibc≤ 2.18 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.1 | 2.11 | 2.1.1.6 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.10.1 | 2.11.1 | 2.11.2 | 2.11.3 | 2.12.1 | 2.12.2 | 2.14 | 2.14.1 | 2.15 | 2.16 | 2.17
2 vendors · 2 products
References
10 links- sourceware.org/git/…X Refsource CONFIRM
