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CVE-2013-0242

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Date: February 8, 2013

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (19)

http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0242
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81707
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51951
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028063
http://osvdb.org/89747
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/30/5
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0242
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57638
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-01/msg00967.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0242
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15078
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-0242

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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