CVE-2013-7424

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 26 Aug 2015, 19:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 18:09

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.1 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.83% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Aug 2015, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 18:09
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The getaddrinfo function in glibc before 2.15, when compiled with libidn and the AI_IDN flag is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by an internationalized domain name to ping6.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.83%• Percentile: 75%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-17•DEPRECATED: Code

    This entry has been deprecated. It was originally used for organizing the Development View (CWE-699) and some other views, but it introduced unnecessary complexity and depth to the resulting tree.

Affected Systems

  • gnu•glibc

    ≤ 2.14.1

References (7)