CVE-2013-4458

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 12 Dec 2013, 18:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 16:45

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.2% LOW
1% probability -0.04%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Dec 2013, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 16:45
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 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 AF_INET6 address results. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1914.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.20%• Percentile: 79%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•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.

Affected Systems

  • gnu•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

  • suse•linux_enterprise_debuginfo

    11:sp2

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    11:sp2

References (6)