CVE-2013-6370 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in applications using the json-c library due to a buffer overflow in printbuf APIs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-6370?
CVE-2013-6370 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 21 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the printbuf APIs in json-c before 0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6370?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Json-C Json-C.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6370?
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-2013-6370 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6370 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6370, GHSA-w5g5-g39g-7p84, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6370.