Unscored severity · published Feb 8, 2013
CVE-2013-0242
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…
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CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Glibc · Gnu
2.17 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0242
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0242
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/89747
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51951
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
Patch
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15078
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