Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 8, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-0242
CVE-2013-0242
Description
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.
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References
14- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/51951nvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/89747nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/55113nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/30/5nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/57638nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1028063nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1nvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.htmlnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81707nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04nvd
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