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.
Published: 2013-02-08
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-165-1 eglibc security update
EUVD EUVD 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1991-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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Gnu Glibc
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:18:09.596Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-0242

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-02-08T20:55:01.483

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-0242

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-0242 - Bugzilla

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