VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-0242
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-02-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer