Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 8, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
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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