CVE-2013-1914 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function of the GNU C Library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-1914?
CVE-2013-1914 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 29 Apr 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of domain conversion results.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1914?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Glibc.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1914?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2013-1914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Glibc
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1914, GHSA-gcw3-7j9c-37j4.