DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0242

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0242
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0242.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0242
Upstream
Published
2013-02-08T20:55:01Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:29:05.518054Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.17-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}