CVE-2013-0242
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-0274)
- Published
- February 8, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0274 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / glibc
References
- http://osvdb.org/89747
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51951(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15078(Patch)
- http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-01/msg00967.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/30/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57638
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028063
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81707
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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