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CVE-2013-4458 REJECTED

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 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 AF_INET6 address results. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1914.

EPSS 1.20% · 78.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
1.20%
78.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSeglibc0, 2.17-93ubuntu4

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