CVE-2013-4332 Integer overflow in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 9 Oct 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Integer overflows in glibc memory allocation functions allow attackers to cause heap corruption and denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Not stated
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-4332?

CVE-2013-4332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 9 Oct 2013.

Official description

Multiple integer overflows in malloc/malloc.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a large value to the (1) pvalloc, (2) valloc, (3) posix_memalign, (4) memalign, or (5) aligned_alloc functions.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4332?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (16)

`glibc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-common` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-debuginfo-common` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-headers` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`nscd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-common` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-debuginfo-common` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-headers` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`glibc-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`
`nscd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:2.5-118.el5_10.2`

Products include Gnu Glibc, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4332?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-4332 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Gnu Glibc vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4332, GHSA-jjxr-f8vh-8w2w, RHSA-2013:1411.