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CVE-2013-0242

Buffer overflow in the extend_buffers function in the regular expression matcher (posix/regexec.c...

5.0 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.85%Up 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2013-0242
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2013-0242
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-0274 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2013-0274
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f776-wjgx-67c8 No score

Buffer overflow in the extend_buffers function in the regular expression matcher (posix/regexec.c...

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.

Record
GHSA-f776-wjgx-67c8
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2013-0242
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-0242 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0242
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1 No score

glibc-2.24-2.3 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the glibc-2.24-2.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-RU-2015:0794-1 No score

Security update for glibc

This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two non-security issues:

* bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer
  overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that
  targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119)
* bnc#892065: setenv-alloca.patch: Avoid unbound alloca in setenv.
* bnc#888347: printf-multibyte-format.patch: Don't parse %s format
  argument as multi-byte string.

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-5119
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5119>
Record
SUSE-RU-2015:0794-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0253-1 No score

Security update for glibc

This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two non-security issues:

* bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer
  overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that
  targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119)
* bnc#892065: setenv-alloca.patch: Avoid unbound alloca in setenv.
* bnc#888347: printf-multibyte-format.patch: Don't parse %s format
  argument as multi-byte string.

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-5119
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5119>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0253-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0439-1 No score

Security update for glibc

This glibc update fixes a critical privilege escalation problem and two non-security issues:

* bnc#892073: An off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer
  overflow was found in __gconv_translit_find(). An exploit that
  targets the problem is publicly available. (CVE-2014-5119)
* bnc#892065: setenv-alloca.patch: Avoid unbound alloca in setenv.
* bnc#888347: printf-multibyte-format.patch: Don't parse %s format
  argument as multi-byte string.

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-5119
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5119>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0439-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0551-1 No score

Security update for glibc

This update for glibc contains the following fixes:

* Fix integer overflows in malloc (CVE-2013-4332, bnc#839870)
* Fix buffer overflow in glob (bnc#691365)
* Fix buffer overflow in strcoll (CVE-2012-4412, bnc#779320)
* Update mount flags in <sys/mount.h> (bnc#791928)
* Fix buffer overrun in regexp matcher (CVE-2013-0242, bnc#801246)
* Fix memory leaks in dlopen (bnc#811979)
* Fix stack overflow in getaddrinfo with many results (CVE-2013-1914,
  bnc#813121)
* Fix check for XEN build in glibc_post_upgrade that causes missing
  init re-exec (bnc#818628)
* Don't raise UNDERFLOW in tan/tanf for small but normal argument
  (bnc#819347)
* Properly cross page boundary in SSE4.2 implementation of strcmp
  (bnc#822210)
* Fix robust mutex handling after fork (bnc#827811)
* Fix missing character in IBM-943 charset (bnc#828235)
* Fix use of alloca in gaih_inet (bnc#828637)
* Initialize pointer guard also in static executables (CVE-2013-4788,
  bnc#830268)
* Fix readdir_r with long file names (CVE-2013-4237, bnc#834594).

Security Issues:

* CVE-2012-4412
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4412>
* CVE-2013-0242
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0242>
* CVE-2013-1914
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1914>
* CVE-2013-4237
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4237>
* CVE-2013-4332
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4332>
* CVE-2013-4788
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4788>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0551-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glibc
Debian:12
before 2.17-2
2.17-2
glibc
Debian:13
before 2.17-2
2.17-2
glibc
Debian:14
before 2.17-2
2.17-2
eglibc
Debian:6.0
From an advisory covering 18 CVEs
before 2.11.3-4+deb6u5, plus listed versions
2.11.2-102.11.2-10+m68k.12.11.2-112.11.2-11+m68k.12.11.2-12
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2.11.2-132.11.3-12.11.3-22.11.3-32.11.3-4
2.11.3-4+deb6u5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
0:2.5-107.el5_9.4
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6
0:2.12-1.132.el6
glibc
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 2.24-2.3
2.24-2.3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2013-0242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Gnu Glibc, published February 8, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.85%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in glibc 2.17-2.

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