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DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4458

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4458 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:13glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:12glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:14glibc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 12, 2013 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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