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.
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DLA-165-1 | eglibc security update |
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EUVD-2013-0274 | 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. |
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USN-1991-1 | GNU C Library vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T14:18:09.596Z
Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-0242

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2013-02-08T20:55:01.483
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2013-0242


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