DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0242

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0242

    Published: 8 Feb 2013Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-0242

    Summary:

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0242

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.17-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High