CVE-2013-0242
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.
Exploit likelihood
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 Medium
AV: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
glibcDebian:12 |
before 2.17-2 | 2.17-2 |
glibcDebian:13 |
before 2.17-2 | 2.17-2 |
glibcDebian:14 |
before 2.17-2 | 2.17-2 |
eglibcDebian: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 Show 5 moreShow less2.11.2-132.11.3-12.11.3-22.11.3-32.11.3-4 |
2.11.3-4+deb6u5 |
glibcRed 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-commonRed 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-debuginfoRed 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-commonRed 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-develRed 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-headersRed 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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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
glibc-utilsRed 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 |
nscdRed 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 |
glibcRed 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-debuginfoRed 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-commonRed 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-staticRed 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-commonRed 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-develRed 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-headersRed 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-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6 | 0:2.12-1.132.el6 |
nscdRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6 | 0:2.12-1.132.el6 |
glibcRed 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-debuginfoRed 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-commonRed 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-staticRed 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-commonRed 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-develRed 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-headersRed 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-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6 | 0:2.12-1.132.el6 |
nscdRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6 | 0:2.12-1.132.el6 |
glibcRed 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-debuginfoRed 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-commonRed 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-staticRed 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-commonRed 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-develRed 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-headersRed 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-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6 | 0:2.12-1.132.el6 |
nscdRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6 | 0:2.12-1.132.el6 |
glibcRed 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-debuginfoRed 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-commonRed 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-staticRed 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-commonRed 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-develRed 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-headersRed 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-utilsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6 | 0:2.12-1.132.el6 |
nscdRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:2.12-1.132.el6 | 0:2.12-1.132.el6 |
glibcopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 31 CVEs |
before 2.24-2.3 | 2.24-2.3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE 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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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81707
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
secunia.com/advisories/55113
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
securityfocus.com/bid/57638
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osvdb.org/89747
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securitytracker.com/id/1028063
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-f776-wjgx-67c8
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0242
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cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1914
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1914
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access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/glibc.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552960
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848748
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903754
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929388
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952422
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=966775
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007545
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_1605.json
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cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4332
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4332
suse.com/support/update/announcement//suse-ru-20150794-1
bugzilla.suse.com/691365
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bugzilla.suse.com/791928
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bugzilla.suse.com/811979
bugzilla.suse.com/813121
bugzilla.suse.com/819347
bugzilla.suse.com/822210
bugzilla.suse.com/827811
bugzilla.suse.com/828235
bugzilla.suse.com/828637
bugzilla.suse.com/830268
bugzilla.suse.com/834594
bugzilla.suse.com/836746
bugzilla.suse.com/839870
bugzilla.suse.com/844309
bugzilla.suse.com/847227
bugzilla.suse.com/854445
bugzilla.suse.com/863499
bugzilla.suse.com/864081
bugzilla.suse.com/872832
bugzilla.suse.com/882028
bugzilla.suse.com/882600
bugzilla.suse.com/883217
bugzilla.suse.com/886416
bugzilla.suse.com/887022
bugzilla.suse.com/888347
bugzilla.suse.com/891843
bugzilla.suse.com/892065
bugzilla.suse.com/892073
bugzilla.suse.com/894553
bugzilla.suse.com/894556
bugzilla.suse.com/903288
bugzilla.suse.com/904461
bugzilla.suse.com/906371
bugzilla.suse.com/909053
bugzilla.suse.com/913646
bugzilla.suse.com/915526
bugzilla.suse.com/916222
bugzilla.suse.com/917072
bugzilla.suse.com/919678
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4412
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6656
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0242
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1914
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4237
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4332
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4357
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4458
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4788
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7423
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0475
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4043
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5119
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7817
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9402
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0235
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1472
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150253-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150439-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150551-1
bugzilla.suse.com/684534
bugzilla.suse.com/741345
bugzilla.suse.com/743689
bugzilla.suse.com/744996
bugzilla.suse.com/745658
bugzilla.suse.com/746824
bugzilla.suse.com/747768
bugzilla.suse.com/750741
bugzilla.suse.com/760795
bugzilla.suse.com/763512
bugzilla.suse.com/767266
bugzilla.suse.com/770891
bugzilla.suse.com/775690
bugzilla.suse.com/777233
bugzilla.suse.com/783060
bugzilla.suse.com/785041
bugzilla.suse.com/793146
bugzilla.suse.com/795129
bugzilla.suse.com/818628
bugzilla.suse.com/910599
bugzilla.suse.com/918233
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0864
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3404
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3405
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3406
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3480
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2207
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8121
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9761
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1473
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1781
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7547
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8776
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8777
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8778
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8779
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1234
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3075
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3706
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4429
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5417