glibc: Stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when processing entry mapping to long list of address structures
Published Apr 29, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.11%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.17
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.6
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.10.1
- 2.11
- 2.11.1
- 2.11.2
- 2.11.3
- 2.12.1
- 2.12.2
- 2.13
- 2.14
- 2.14.1
- 2.15
- 2.16
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
glibc-0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0769
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
glibc-0:2.12-1.132.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1605
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
glibc
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc-0:2.5-107.el5_9.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0769 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | glibc-0:2.12-1.132.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1605 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | glibc | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 4.11% (0.04113) | 90.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.11% (0.04113) | 89.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.10% (0.03104) | 85.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.29% (0.06289) | 84.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.10% (0.03104) | 85.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 17.11% (0.17115) | 96.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 15.99% (0.15986) | 95.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (23)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52817 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55113 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15330 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1cef1b19089528db11f221e938f60b9b048945d7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/05/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58839 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1914 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813121 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947882 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1914
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1914
Change history (0)
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